Nonstop flight route between Ratmalana, Sri Lanka and Mykolaiv, Ukraine:
Departure Airport:
(6°49'19"N by 79°53'10"E)
Arrival Airport:
(47°3'29"N by 31°55'14"E)
Distance from RML to NLV:
3,960.73 miles (6,374.17 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ratmalana Airport (RML), Ratmalana, Sri Lanka and International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV), Mykolaiv, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,961 miles (or 6,374 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RML / VCCC |
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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: | NLV / UKON |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Mykolaiv, Ukraine |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°3'29"N by 31°55'14"E |
| Area Served: | Mykolaiv (Nikolayev), Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 184 feet (56 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NLV |
| More Information: | NLV Maps & Info |
Facts about Ratmalana Airport (RML):
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ratmalana Airport", another name for RML is "රත්මලාන ගුවන්තොටුපළஇரத்மலானை விமான நிலைய".
- Ratmalana Airport (RML) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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 2012, plans were drawn to relaunch Ratmalana as an international airport, to act as a secondary airport for the city.
- In the 1950s, BOAC flew Canadair Argonauts from Ratmalana to London.
- The closest airport to Ratmalana Airport (RML) is Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of RML.
Facts about International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV):
- In 1960 Nikolaev Airport was made into a passenger airport.
- The closest airport to International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) is Kherson International Airport (KHE), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SE of NLV.
- International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) has 2 runways.
- Because of International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev 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 January 2009, the Mykolaiv Oblast State Administration reorganized the cooperative enterprise Mykolaiv International Airport into an open stock society.
- In addition to being known as "International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport)", other names for NLV include "Міжнародний аэропорт «Миколаїв»Международный аэропорт «Николаев»" and "Mizhnаrodnyi аеroport Mykolaiv".
- The furthest airport from International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,051 miles (17,784 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 24.81 miles (39.93 km) N | Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) | Colombo, Sri Lanka |     |
| 2 | 64.52 miles (103.84 km) SSE | Koggala Airport (KCT) | Galle, Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | 92.58 miles (148.99 km) ESE | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) | Hambantota, Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | 100.49 miles (161.71 km) ESE | Weerawila Airport (WRZ) | Weerawila, Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | 108.75 miles (175.02 km) NNE | Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ) | Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | 124.47 miles (200.32 km) ENE | Ampara Airport (ADP) | Ampara, Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | 137.09 miles (220.62 km) ENE | Batticaloa Airport (BTC) | Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | 148.17 miles (238.45 km) NE | China Bay Airport (TRR) | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | 205.62 miles (330.90 km) N | Jaffna Airport (JAF) | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | 233.27 miles (375.40 km) WNW | Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) | Trivandrum, Kerala, India | |
| 11 | 241.63 miles (388.86 km) NNW | Madurai Airport (IXM) | Madurai, India | |
| 12 | 284.05 miles (457.13 km) NNW | Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) | Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India | |
| 13 | 331.77 miles (533.93 km) NW | Cochin International Airport (COK) | Nedumbassery near Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India | |
| 14 | 349.40 miles (562.30 km) NNW | Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) | Coimbatore, India | |
| 15 | 355.44 miles (572.02 km) N | Puducherry Airport (PNY) | Puducherry, India | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,627.95 miles (18,713.33 km) WSW | Seymour Airport (GPS) | Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador | |
| 2 | 11,606.18 miles (18,678.30 km) WSW | San Cristóbal Airport (SCY) | San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador | |
| 3 | 11,131.04 miles (17,913.63 km) W | Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) | Talara, Peru | |
| 4 | 11,092.52 miles (17,851.64 km) W | Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) | Piura, Peru | |
| 5 | 11,081.81 miles (17,834.40 km) WSW | General Ulpiano Paez Airport (SNC) | Salinas, Ecuador | |
| 6 | 11,060.56 miles (17,800.21 km) W | Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP) | Tumbes, Peru | |
| 7 | 11,045.16 miles (17,775.42 km) W | Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX) | Chiclayo, Peru | |
| 8 | 11,039.57 miles (17,766.42 km) W | José María Velasco Ibarra Airport (MRR) | Macará, Ecuador | |
| 9 | 11,037.47 miles (17,763.05 km) WSW | Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) | Manta, Manabí, Ecuador | |
| 10 | 11,031.75 miles (17,753.83 km) W | Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) | Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador | |
| 11 | 11,025.78 miles (17,744.23 km) WSW | Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) | Portoviejo, Ecuador | |
| 12 | 11,006.96 miles (17,713.94 km) WSW | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) | Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 13 | 10,996.97 miles (17,697.87 km) W | Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) | Loja, Ecuador | |
| 14 | 10,995.28 miles (17,695.14 km) W | Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) | Trujillo, Peru | |
| 15 | 10,957.33 miles (17,634.07 km) W | Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) | Cuenca, Ecuador | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 38.48 miles (61.92 km) SE | Kherson International Airport (KHE) | Kherson, Ukraine | |
| 2 | 73.24 miles (117.86 km) SW | Odesa International Airport (ODS) | Odessa, Ukraine | |
| 3 | 90.71 miles (145.98 km) NE | Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG) | Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog), Ukraine | |
| 4 | 141.19 miles (227.22 km) W | Chișinău International Airport (KIV) | Chişinău, Moldova | |
| 5 | 160.17 miles (257.76 km) NNE | Kremenchuk (Velyka Kokhnivka) Airport (KHU) | Kremenchuk, Ukraine | |
| 6 | 168.13 miles (270.58 km) ENE | Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) | Zaporizhia, Ukraine | |
| 7 | 170.02 miles (273.62 km) SE | Simferopol International Airport (SIP) | Simferopol, Ukraine | |
| 8 | 172.93 miles (278.31 km) ENE | Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK) | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | |
| 9 | 201.03 miles (323.52 km) WNW | Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY) | Bălţi, Moldova | |
| 10 | 202.36 miles (325.66 km) W | Iași International Airport (IAS) | Iași, Romania | |
| 11 | 213.56 miles (343.69 km) NNE | Myrhorod Airport (MXR) | Mirgorod, Ukraine | |
| 12 | 228.79 miles (368.20 km) E | Berdyansk Airport (ERD) | Berdyansk, Ukraine | |
| 13 | 231.86 miles (373.15 km) NNW | Boryspil International Airport (KBP) | Kiev, Ukraine | |
| 14 | 239.86 miles (386.02 km) W | Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM) | Bacău, Romania | |
| 15 | 240.52 miles (387.07 km) NNW | Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) | Kiev, Ukraine | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,050.58 miles (17,784.13 km) E | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 10,725.48 miles (17,260.95 km) S | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 10,638.99 miles (17,121.76 km) E | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 10,625.94 miles (17,100.74 km) SSW | Totegegie Airport (GMR) | Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 10,614.14 miles (17,081.76 km) E | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 10,613.81 miles (17,081.22 km) SSE | Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands | |
| 7 | 10,603.00 miles (17,063.83 km) E | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 10,582.32 miles (17,030.55 km) E | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 10,574.40 miles (17,017.80 km) E | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 10,570.58 miles (17,011.66 km) E | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 10,563.24 miles (16,999.85 km) E | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 10,552.87 miles (16,983.15 km) E | Taupo AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō (TUO) | Taupo, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 10,548.68 miles (16,976.41 km) E | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 10,543.73 miles (16,968.45 km) SSW | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 15 | 10,543.24 miles (16,967.65 km) E | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |