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SLE to HIM: distance & flight time
Salem (Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
8,485 mi
13,656 km · 7,373 nm
17h 6m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
8,485 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 6m 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
- SLE — Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field · Salem, 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 SLE
- CVO · Corvallis Municipal Airport32 mi away
- HIO · Portland Hillsboro Airport44 mi away
- PDX · Portland International Airport51 mi away
- TTD · Portland Troutdale Airport53 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 SLE from HIM?
The flight distance from Salem (SLE) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 8,485 miles (13,656 km, 7,373 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SLE to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 6m 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 SLE to HIM?
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