Nonstop flight route between Panjgur, Pakistan and Galle, Sri Lanka:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Panjgur Airport (PJG), Panjgur, Pakistan and Koggala Airport (KCT), Galle, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,797 miles (or 2,893 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 Panjgur 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: | PJG / OPPG |
Airport Name: | Panjgur Airport |
Location: | Panjgur, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°57'16"N by 64°7'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3289 feet (1,002 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PJG |
More Information: | PJG 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 Panjgur Airport (PJG):
- Panjgur Airport (PJG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Panjgur Airport (PJG) is Dalbandin Airport (DBA), which is located 134 miles (215 kilometers) N of PJG.
- The furthest airport from Panjgur Airport (PJG) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Panjgur Airport (meaning Panjgur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,040 miles (19,376 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
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.
- QEA and Imperial Airways flew Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats from Koggala lake to the Swan River at Perth, on what was at the time the world's longest non-stop air route.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Koggala Airport", another name for KCT is "කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
- Meanwhile, the tarmac surface of the land runway was developed.
- The closest airport to Koggala Airport (KCT) is Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ENE of KCT.
- The Government of Sri Lanka expects to upgrade the Koggala airport to international standards as an alternative airport to the BIA.
- 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.