Nonstop flight route between Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between China Bay Airport (TRR), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and Venango Regional Airport (FKL), Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,784 miles (or 14,136 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 Venango Regional 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 Venango Regional 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: | FKL / KFKL |
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Location: | Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°22'40"N by 79°51'37"W |
Area Served: | Franklin, Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Venango County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1540 feet (469 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FKL |
More Information: | FKL Maps & Info |
Facts about China Bay Airport (TRR):
- In addition to being known as "China Bay Airport", another name for TRR is "சீனக்குடா விமான நிலையம்චීන වරාය ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
- 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.
- China Bay Airport (TRR) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon.
- 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.
Facts about Venango Regional Airport (FKL):
- The furthest airport from Venango Regional Airport (FKL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,472 miles (18,463 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Venango Regional Airport", another name for FKL is "Chess Lamberton Field".
- Venango Regional Airport, also known as Chess Lamberton Field, is a public airport in western Pennsylvania, 2 miles southwest of Franklin and about 10 miles southwest of Oil City.
- The closest airport to Venango Regional Airport (FKL) is Port Meadville Airport (MEJ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of FKL.
- Venango Regional Airport (FKL) has 2 runways.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 681 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,583 enplanements in 2009, and 1,380 in 2010.
- Construction of Chess Lamberton Airport as it was originally known, began in 1950.