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BES to HIM: distance & flight time
Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
5,592 mi
9,000 km · 4,860 nm
11h 26m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
5,592 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 26m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- BES — Brest Bretagne Airport · Brest, France
- HIM — Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · Polonnaruwa Town, Sri Lanka
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near BES
- LDV · Landivisiau Air Base13 mi away
- MXN · Morlaix-Ploujean Airport30 mi away
- UIP · Quimper-Cornouaille Airport35 mi away
- LAI · Lannion-Côte de Granit Airport48 mi away
Near HIM
- GIU · Sigiriya Air Force Base18 mi away
- TRR · China Bay Airport36 mi away
- ACJ · Anuradhapura Air Force Base42 mi away
- BTC · Batticaloa Airport53 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BES from HIM?
The flight distance from Brest (BES) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 5,592 miles (9,000 km, 4,860 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BES to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 26m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from BES to HIM?
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