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LGB to HIM: distance & flight time
Long Beach (Long Beach /Daugherty Field/ Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
9,284 mi
14,941 km · 8,067 nm
18h 40m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
9,284 miles nonstop takes roughly 18h 40m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- LGB — Long Beach /Daugherty Field/ Airport · Long Beach, United States
- 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 LGB
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport17 mi away
- FUL · Fullerton Municipal Airport11 mi away
- TOA · Zamperini Field11 mi away
- HHR · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport13 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 LGB from HIM?
The flight distance from Long Beach (LGB) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 9,284 miles (14,941 km, 8,067 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LGB to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 18h 40m 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 LGB to HIM?
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