Nonstop flight route between Long Banga, Sarawak, Malaysia and Galle, Sri Lanka:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Long Banga Airport (LBP), Long Banga, Sarawak, Malaysia and Koggala Airport (KCT), Galle, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,427 miles (or 3,905 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Long Banga Airport and Koggala Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBP / |
Airport Name: | Long Banga Airport |
Location: | Long Banga, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°10'58"N by 115°27'0"E |
Area Served: | Long Banga, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Malaysia Airports Berhad |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 750 feet (229 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBP |
More Information: | LBP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCT / VCCK |
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Location: | Galle, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°59'38"N by 80°19'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from KCT |
More Information: | KCT Maps & Info |
Facts about Long Banga Airport (LBP):
- Long Banga Airport (LBP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Long Banga Airport (LBP) is Long Lellang Airport (LGL), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NW of LBP.
- The furthest airport from Long Banga Airport (LBP) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Long Banga Airport (meaning Long Banga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,419 miles (19,986 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Because of Long Banga Airport's relatively low elevation of 750 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Banga Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
Facts about Koggala Airport (KCT):
- Because of Koggala Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Koggala Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Koggala Airport (KCT) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,683 miles (18,802 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- After the Japanese occupied the Malay Peninsula in 1942, the QEA/Imperial Airways flight from London to Sydney lost Singapore, its refueling point between Calcutta and Perth, Western Australia.
- Koggala continued as a Sri Lanka Air Force base.
- In addition to being known as "Koggala Airport", another name for KCT is "කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
- Prior to the Second World War, the lake at Koggala was used for seaplanes.
- The closest airport to Koggala Airport (KCT) is Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ENE of KCT.