CMB to COK: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Colombo to Kochi?

The great-circle distance between Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB) and Cochin International Airport (COK) is 506 km (314 mi, 273 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from CMB to COK?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. COK is roughly northwest of CMB.

How is the CMB to COK route written in code?

The pair is written CMB-COK in IATA codes and VCBI-VOCI in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport is CMB (VCBI), Cochin International Airport is COK (VOCI).

Both ICAO codes start with V, the prefix ICAO assigns to South and Southeast Asia, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 0 ft (0 m) of each other.

Airlines flying CMB to COK

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: MJ.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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