Nonstop flight route between Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Ishigaki Airport (ISG), Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,013 miles (or 19,333 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Afonso Pena International Airport and Ishigaki Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Afonso Pena International Airport and Ishigaki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between CWB and ISG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Afonso Pena International Airport and Ishigaki Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between CWB and ISG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between CWB and ISG!

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Facts about Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB):

• The furthest airport from Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Afonso Pena International Airport (meaning Afonso Pena International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,959 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The main problem of the airport are the unstable weather conditions of the region, particularly fog and smog in the morning hours of winter and the fact that the auxiliary runway 11/29 is too small and plagued with old equipment.
• In addition to being known as "Afonso Pena International Airport", another name for CWB is "Aeroporto Internacional Afonso Pena".
• Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB) is Bacacheri Airport (BFH), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) NNW of CWB.
• Afonso Pena International Airport handled 6,825,666 passengers last year.
• As it was the case with many important Brazilian airports located in strategic points along the coast, Afonso Pena, was built by the Brazilian Air Force Ministry in partnership with the United States Army during the Second World War.
• The airport is located 18 km southeast of downtown Curitiba.

Facts about Ishigaki Airport (ISG):

• In addition to being known as "Ishigaki Airport", other names for ISG include "石垣空港" and "Ishigaki Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of ISG.
• Ishigaki Airport (ISG) currently has only 1 runway.
• None of the 138 passengers and crew were killed in the accident, but 67 were injured.
• The airport was opened in 1943 for military use, and converted to a civilian airport in 1956.
• Because of Ishigaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Ishigaki Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Guaraní International Airport (AGT), which is nearly antipodal to Ishigaki Airport (meaning Ishigaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guaraní International Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.