CMB → FRAColombo to Frankfurt am Main

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Direct flights from Colombo (CMB) to Frankfurt am Main (FRA): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 5 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,066 km, an estimated 10 hours 50 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Colombo and Frankfurt am Main. Updated 14 November 2026 at 00:03 UTC.

CMB Colombo tracking
FRA Frankfurt am Main smooth · +1
8,066 km · ~10h 50m est.
dep bank 07:10–13:455x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live CMB and FRA delay boards

Median arrival delay is +5 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+5 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~10h 50mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
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SriLankan Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
SriLankan AirlinesUL

Flights UL557 07:10 We Su · UL501 13:45 We Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-13UL501arrived+5
11-11UL557arrived−3
11-08UL501arrived+134

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CMBColombo tracking Full CMB delay board →
FRAFrankfurt am Main +1 min smooth 🌤 clear · SW 5 kt Full FRA delay board →

How the Colombo to Frankfurt am Main route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CMB to FRA flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CMB to FRA questions

Is CMB–FRA running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CMB to FRA?

Great-circle distance is 8,066 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 599–721 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CMB–FRA fly?

SriLankan Airlines runs the route with about 5 flights a week (sun, wed, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CMB and arrival-side delay at FRA, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.