Nonstop flight route between Olavarría, Argentina and Colombo, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Olavarría Airport (OVR), Olavarría, Argentina and Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,199 miles (or 14,805 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 large distance between Olavarría Airport and Bandaranaike International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Olavarría Airport and Bandaranaike International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Olavarría Airport (OVR):

• The furthest airport from Olavarría Airport (OVR) is Weifang Airport (WEF), which is nearly antipodal to Olavarría Airport (meaning Olavarría Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Weifang Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Weifang, Shandong, China.
• Because of Olavarría Airport's relatively low elevation of 551 feet, planes can take off or land at Olavarría 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 closest airport to Olavarría Airport (OVR) is Tandil Airport (TDL), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ESE of OVR.
• Olavarría Airport (OVR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):

• In addition to being known as "Bandaranaike International Airport", another name for CMB is "බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළபண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
• Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake, Sri Lanka, is 30 kilometers north of the island nation's capital of Colombo.
• Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Ratmalana Airport (RML), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of CMB.
• The airport is undergoing resurfacing of its runway.
• Because of Bandaranaike International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Bandaranaike International 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 Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,614 miles (18,691 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport began as a Royal Air Force airfield in 1944 during the Second World War, RAF Station Negombo
• As part of the airport development program, a passenger train service was launched between the Airport and Colombo Secretariat Station, in June 2010.