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YEL to HIM: distance & flight time
ELLIOT LAKE (Elliot Lake Municipal Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
8,543 mi
13,749 km · 7,424 nm
17h 13m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
8,543 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 13m 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
- YEL — Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · ELLIOT LAKE, Canada
- 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 YEL
- YZE · Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport32 mi away
- YEM · Manitoulin East Municipal Airport49 mi away
- DRE · Drummond Island Airport61 mi away
- YSB · Sudbury Airport86 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 YEL from HIM?
The flight distance from ELLIOT LAKE (YEL) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 8,543 miles (13,749 km, 7,424 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YEL to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 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 YEL to HIM?
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