Nonstop flight route between Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil and Hickory, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Capitão João Busse Airport (APU), Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil and Hickory Regional Airport (HKY), Hickory, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,546 miles (or 7,316 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 Capitão João Busse Airport and Hickory Regional 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 Capitão João Busse Airport and Hickory Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | APU / SSAP | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 23°36'43"S by 51°23'5"W | 
| Area Served: | Apucarana | 
| Operator/Owner: | Apucarana SEIL | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2641 feet (805 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from APU | 
| More Information: | APU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HKY / KHKY | 
| Airport Name: | Hickory Regional Airport | 
| Location: | Hickory, North Carolina, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°44'27"N by 81°23'21"W | 
| Area Served: | Hickory, North Carolina | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Hickory | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1190 feet (363 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HKY | 
| More Information: | HKY Maps & Info | 
Facts about Capitão João Busse Airport (APU):
- In addition to being known as "Capitão João Busse Airport", another name for APU is "Aeroporto Capitão João Busse".
- Capitão João Busse Airport handled 701 passengers last year.
- The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
- Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Capitão João Busse Airport (meaning Capitão João Busse Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,712 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
- The closest airport to Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NNW of APU.
- The airport is located 9 km southeast from downtown Apucarana.
Facts about Hickory Regional Airport (HKY):
- The airport has an operating control tower from 7:00am to 9:00pm daily for safety and sequencing of aircraft landing and departing.
- The furthest airport from Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,494 miles (18,499 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) has 2 runways.
- On August 2, 1941, Pennsylvania Central Airlines which later became Capital Airlines, brought the first scheduled air-carrier service to Hickory.
- The closest airport to Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) is Foothills Regional Airport (MRN), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of HKY.
- The Hickory Municipal Airport was first opened to aircraft traffic on May 17, 1940.
- Atlantis Airlines was one small airline of this type, offering up to 6 daily direct flights to Charlotte and Atlanta.




