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CMB Colombo ⇄ MLE Malé

Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (Sri Lanka) and Velana International Airport (Maldives): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance778 km483 mi420 nautical miles
CMB → MLE1 h 55 minestimated block time
MLE → CMB1 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−30 minutesMalé vs Colombo, today
Great-circle route from Colombo (CMB) to Malé (MLE)CMBColomboMLEMalé
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CMB → MLE

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 245° (WSW).

Leave Colombo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Malé Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

MLE → CMB

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 64° (ENE).

Leave Malé Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Colombo Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance778 km · 483 mi · 420 nmi
Initial heading245° (WSW) from CMB; 64° (ENE) from MLE
Farthest from the equator7.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CMBAsia/Colombo — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
MLEIndian/Maldives — UTC+5 now; UTC+5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMalé is 30 minutes behind Colombo today.

Jet lag, flying CMB → MLE. Your body clock has to move 30 minutes later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CMB Bandaranaike International Colombo AirportColombo, Sri Lanka · longest runway 10,991 ft3,350 m MLE Velana International AirportMalé, Maldives · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

More routes from CMB and MLE

LHRCMB London – Colombo 8,715 km5,415 mi · 10 h 20 min BOMMLE Mumbai – Malé 1,658 km1,030 mi · 2 h 55 min DXBMLE Dubai – Malé 3,040 km1,889 mi · 4 h 25 min LHRMLE London – Malé 8,539 km5,306 mi · 10 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRZRH London – Zurich 788 km490 mi · 1 h 55 min PTYBOG Panama City – Bogotá 755 km469 mi · 1 h 55 min LHRGVA London – Geneva 754 km469 mi · 1 h 50 min SYDBNE Sydney – Brisbane 753 km468 mi · 1 h 55 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).