Nonstop flight route between Trujillo, Peru and Galle, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), Trujillo, Peru and Koggala Airport (KCT), Galle, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,019 miles (or 17,733 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport and Koggala 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport and Koggala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU):

• The closest airport to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NNE of TRU.
• The furthest airport from Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (meaning Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hat Yai International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand.
• Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 106 feet, planes can take off or land at Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos 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.

Facts about Koggala Airport (KCT):

• In addition to being known as "Koggala Airport", another name for KCT is "කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
• Koggala continued as a Sri Lanka Air Force base.
• The closest airport to Koggala Airport (KCT) is Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ENE of KCT.
• 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.
• 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.