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RIL to HIM: distance & flight time
Rifle (Garfield County Regional Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
9,103 mi
14,649 km · 7,910 nm
18h 19m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
9,103 miles nonstop takes roughly 18h 19m gate to gate, flying north. 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
- RIL — Garfield County Regional Airport · Rifle, 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 RIL
- EGE · Eagle County Regional Airport44 mi away
- ASE · Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field50 mi away
- GJT · Grand Junction Regional Airport51 mi away
- HDN · Yampa Valley Airport71 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 RIL from HIM?
The flight distance from Rifle (RIL) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 9,103 miles (14,649 km, 7,910 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from RIL to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 18h 19m 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 RIL to HIM?
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