Nonstop flight route between Ratmalana, Sri Lanka and Bharatpur, Nepal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ratmalana Airport (RML), Ratmalana, Sri Lanka and Bharatpur Airport (BHR), Bharatpur, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,471 miles (or 2,368 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 Ratmalana Airport and Bharatpur Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RML / VCCC | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Ratmalana, Sri Lanka | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°49'19"N by 79°53'10"E | 
| Area Served: | Colombo | 
| Operator/Owner: | Sri Lankan Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public / Military | 
| Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from RML | 
| More Information: | RML Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHR / VNBP | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Bharatpur, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°40'41"N by 84°25'45"E | 
| Area Served: | Bharatpur, Nepal | 
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 600 feet (183 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BHR | 
| More Information: | BHR Maps & Info | 
Facts about Ratmalana Airport (RML):
- Because of Ratmalana Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Ratmalana 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.
- In 1964, the government decided to build the new Bandaranaike International Airport north of the city, to replace Ratmalana.
- Ratmalana Airport (RML) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ratmalana Airport (RML) is Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of RML.
- On 11 August 1952, 3 months after the inaugural service of a passenger jet aircraft, BOAC began its Comet service between Colombo and London.
- In addition to being known as "Ratmalana Airport", another name for RML is "රත්මලාන ගුවන්තොටුපළஇரத்மலானை விமான நிலைய".
- The furthest airport from Ratmalana Airport (RML) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,628 miles (18,713 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Facts about Bharatpur Airport (BHR):
- The closest airport to Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Meghauli Airport (MEY), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of BHR.
- Bharatpur Airport (BHR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bharatpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 600 feet, planes can take off or land at Bharatpur 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 Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,587 miles (18,647 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Bharatpur Airport", another name for BHR is "भरतपुर विमानस्थल".
- Bharatpur Airport is the base of Shivani AirLtd, the first fixed-wing pilot training school in the history of civil aviation in Nepal.
- The airport is located 1 mile southwest of Bharatpur.




