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Direct flights from Frankfurt am Main (FRA) to Colombo (CMB): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 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 Frankfurt am Main and Colombo. Updated 17 August 2026 at 07:12 UTC.
FRA
Frankfurt am Main
heavy · +53
CMB
Colombo
tracking
8,066 km · ~10h 50m est.
Disrupted · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
30 / 100
route health from live FRA and CMB delay boards
Search live fares for this route →Flight time~10h 50mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
Current nonstop fares
FRA → CMB · one way · economy · 1 adult
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The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
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How the Frankfurt am Main to Colombo route actually runs
Pro Flight Search tracks every published board update for nonstop FRA to CMB flights: 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. Fares link straight to the operating airline with no markups.
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FRA to CMB questions
Is FRA–CMB running on time right now?
High disruption likely. The departure side at FRA is the weaker end, route health score 30/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from FRA to CMB?
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 FRA–CMB fly?
SriLankan Airlines runs the route with about 3 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 FRA and arrival-side delay at CMB, 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.
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