Nonstop flight route between Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil and Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC), Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil and King Shaka International (DUR), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,083 miles (or 8,180 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 Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport and King Shaka International, 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 Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport and King Shaka International. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC):

• A new passenger terminal with 2.100m² is also in the project, currently in process of evaluation by V COMAR.
• In addition to being known as "Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport", another name for CAC is "Aeroporto Adalberto Mendes da Silva".
• The closest airport to Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC) is Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) SW of CAC.
• The airport was inaugurated on November 12, 1977.
• Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport handled 50,651 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC) is Miyako Airport (MMY), which is nearly antipodal to Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (meaning Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miyako Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan.
• Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about King Shaka International (DUR):

• Despite wide expectations that the airport would be named "King Shaka International Airport", it emerged in October 2009 that the airport needed to undergo a formal naming process.
• Neighbouring communities are Tongaat to the north-west, Verulam to the south-west, and Umdloti to the south-east.
• The furthest airport from King Shaka International (DUR) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,682 miles (18,801 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• The terminal does not have a public viewing deck, which has attracted public criticism.
• King Shaka International (DUR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to King Shaka International (DUR) is Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) W of DUR.
• On 27 January 2014 the worlds largest passenger aircraft, an Airbus A380-800 of British Airways landed at KSIA becoming the first A380 to do so.
• Because of King Shaka International's relatively low elevation of 295 feet, planes can take off or land at King Shaka International 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.
• Although the larger airport was built to grow the area's international services, it is also a key airport for domestic services throughout South Africa, serving the "Golden Triangle" between Cape Town International Airport, OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, and KSIA itself with 7 airlines.