Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
TEI to CMB: distance & flight time
Tezu (Tezu Airport) → Colombo (Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport)
1,785 mi
2,873 km · 1,551 nm
3h 58m
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading southwest
See live TEI→CMB fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
1,785 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 58m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- TEI — Tezu Airport · Tezu, India
- CMB — Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Colombo, Sri Lanka
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near TEI
- IXT · Pasighat Airport49 mi away
- DIB · Dibrugarh Airport75 mi away
- IXV · Along Airport83 mi away
- PBU · Putao Airport90 mi away
Near CMB
- RML · Colombo Ratmalana Airport25 mi away
- GIU · Sigiriya Air Force Base79 mi away
- ACJ · Anuradhapura Air Force Base86 mi away
- KCT · Koggala Airport87 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is TEI from CMB?
The flight distance from Tezu (TEI) to Colombo (CMB) is 1,785 miles (2,873 km, 1,551 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from TEI to CMB?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 58m 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 TEI to CMB?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on TEI–CMB that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.