Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Colombo, Sri Lanka:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,184 miles (or 13,170 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 Edmonton International Airport and Bandaranaike 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 Edmonton International Airport and Bandaranaike International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YEG / CYEG |
Airport Name: | Edmonton International Airport |
Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°18'36"N by 113°34'45"W |
Area Served: | Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2373 feet (723 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YEG |
More Information: | YEG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMB / VCBI |
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Location: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°10'51"N by 79°53'0"E |
Area Served: | Colombo |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lankan Government |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMB |
More Information: | CMB Maps & Info |
Facts about Edmonton International Airport (YEG):
- An expansion program initiated in October 2007 is nearing completion.
- Edmonton International Airport handled 6,983,229 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is CFB Edmonton (YED), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) N of YEG.
- During the 1970s, the airport experienced a rapid growth in traffic as the city of Edmonton grew, and served approximately 2 million passengers by 1980.
- The Edmonton Area Control Centre operated by Nav Canada is located at the airport.
- Growth returned in 1995.
- Edmonton International Airport provides scheduled non-stop flights to 59 destinations.
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways.
- Canadian North maintains its operations facilities on a building on the airport grounds.
Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):
- Because of Bandaranaike International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Bandaranaike 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 furthest airport from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,614 miles (18,691 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- In the early 1990s the position of the airport's runway was shifted northward and the old runway was made into a taxiway for departing and arriving aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Bandaranaike International Airport", another name for CMB is "බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළபண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
- The airport began as a Royal Air Force airfield in 1944 during the Second World War, RAF Station Negombo
- The closest airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Ratmalana Airport (RML), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of CMB.
- Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1964 Anil Moonesinghe, the Cabinet Minister of Communications, started the building of a new international airport to replace Ratmalana, with Canadian aid.
- It was named after former Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, in 1970.
- Bandaranaike International Airport is equipped with 18 double jetway gates in preparation for airlines introducing the Airbus A380.
- The existing airport will be converted to a domestic and regional terminal when the new complex is ready.
- Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.