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GBA to HIM: distance & flight time
Pailton (Cotswold Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
5,485 mi
8,827 km · 4,766 nm
11h 13m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
5,485 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 13m 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
- GBA — Cotswold Airport · Pailton, United Kingdom
- 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 GBA
- FFD · RAF Fairford11 mi away
- LYE · RAF Lyneham12 mi away
- GLO · Gloucestershire Airport16 mi away
- BZZ · RAF Brize Norton21 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 GBA from HIM?
The flight distance from Pailton (GBA) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 5,485 miles (8,827 km, 4,766 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GBA to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 13m 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 GBA to HIM?
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