Nonstop flight route between Fallon, Nevada, United States and Hambantota, Sri Lanka:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX), Fallon, Nevada, United States and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), Hambantota, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,028 miles (or 14,529 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 Fallon Municipal 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 Fallon Municipal Airport and Mattala Rajapaksa 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: | FLX / KFLX |
Airport Name: | Fallon Municipal Airport |
Location: | Fallon, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°29'57"N by 118°44'56"W |
Area Served: | Fallon, Nevada |
Operator/Owner: | City of Fallon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3963 feet (1,208 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FLX |
More Information: | FLX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRI / VCRI |
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Location: | Hambantota, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°17'20"N by 81°7'24"E |
Area Served: | Hambantota |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lankan Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 157 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HRI |
More Information: | HRI Maps & Info |
Facts about Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX):
- Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,138 miles (17,925 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX) is Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of FLX.
Facts about Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI):
- The closest airport to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) is Weerawila Airport (WRZ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of HRI.
- 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.
- Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) currently has only 1 runway.
- As announced earlier the airport was opened for flight operations on 18 March 2013.
- The numbers given to the airport's sole runway is 05 and 23.
- On October 2012, the Super King 20 Test Aircraft, which belongs to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Department and features a dual engine, landed on the new runway to test the newly constructed runway and the instrumentation.
- In addition to being known as "Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport", another name for HRI is "මත්තල රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළமத்தல ராஜபக்ஷ பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
- It handled nearly 6000 passengers in the first two months after opening.
- 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.
- The second stage of the HIA project the construction will begin in 2013 and is to be completed by 2016.