Nonstop flight route between Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between China Bay Airport (TRR), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and Yengema Airport (WYE), Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,281 miles (or 10,108 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 China Bay Airport and Yengema 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 China Bay Airport and Yengema Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TRR / VCCT |
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Location: | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°32'22"N by 81°10'54"E |
Area Served: | Trincomalee |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Sri Lanka |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TRR |
More Information: | TRR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WYE / GFYE |
Airport Name: | Yengema Airport |
Location: | Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°36'55"N by 11°2'49"W |
Area Served: | Yengema |
Operator/Owner: | Sierra Leonean Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Regional |
Elevation: | 1300 feet (396 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from WYE |
More Information: | WYE Maps & Info |
Facts about China Bay Airport (TRR):
- Because of China Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at China Bay 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 addition to being known as "China Bay Airport", another name for TRR is "சீனக்குடா விமான நிலையம்චීන වරාය ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
- After independence, the British maintained two military airfields in Ceylon, the Royal Air Force station at RAF Katunayake and the naval base in Trincomalee, and camps at Diyatalawa.
- During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon.
- A number of RAF squadrons and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war.
- The furthest airport from China Bay Airport (TRR) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,625 miles (18,709 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- The closest airport to China Bay Airport (TRR) is Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) WSW of TRR.
- China Bay Airport (TRR) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Yengema Airport (WYE):
- The closest airport to Yengema Airport (WYE) is Kenema Airport (KEN), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) S of WYE.
- The furthest airport from Yengema Airport (WYE) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Yengema Airport (meaning Yengema Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,078 miles (19,437 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
- Yengema Airport (WYE) currently has only 1 runway.