Nonstop flight route between Wrangell, Alaska, United States and Hambantota, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wrangell Airport (WRG), Wrangell, Alaska, United States and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), Hambantota, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,703 miles (or 12,397 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 Wrangell Airport and Mattala Rajapaksa International 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 Wrangell Airport and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wrangell Airport (WRG):

• The closest airport to Wrangell Airport (WRG) is Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport (PSG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NW of WRG.
• Wrangell Airport (WRG) currently has only 1 runway.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,601 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 10,790 enplanements in 2009, and 10,882 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Wrangell Airport (WRG) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,572 miles (17,015 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Because of Wrangell Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Wrangell 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.
• Wrangell Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Wrangell, a city and borough in the U.S.

Facts about Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI):

• Construction of phase one began on 27 November 2009 at Mattala.
• The closest airport to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) is Weerawila Airport (WRZ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of HRI.
• In addition to being known as "Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport", another name for HRI is "මත්තල රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළமத்தல ராஜபக்ஷ பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
• The furthest airport from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,719 miles (18,860 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• Because of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Mattala Rajapaksa 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.
• The second stage of the HIA project expansion works at the airport is to be completed by 2015.
• Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) currently has only 1 runway.