Nonstop flight route between Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil and Shimojishima, Japan:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from CAC to SHI:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- CAC Airport Information
- SHI Airport Information
- Facts about CAC
- Facts about SHI
- Map of Nearest Airports to CAC
- List of Nearest Airports to CAC
- Map of Furthest Airports from CAC
- List of Furthest Airports from CAC
- Map of Nearest Airports to SHI
- List of Nearest Airports to SHI
- Map of Furthest Airports from SHI
- List of Furthest Airports from SHI
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC), Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil and Shimojishima Airport (SHI), Shimojishima, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,351 miles (or 19,877 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 Shimojishima 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 Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport and Shimojishima Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between CAC and SHI makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport and Shimojishima 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 CAC and SHI are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil and Shimojishima, 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 CAC and SHI!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAC / SBCA |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°0'7"S by 53°30'6"W |
Area Served: | Cascavel |
Operator/Owner: | Cascavel SEIL |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2473 feet (754 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAC |
More Information: | CAC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHI / RORS |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Shimojishima, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°49'36"N by 125°8'40"E |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public / Dual-use |
Elevation: | 25 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHI |
More Information: | SHI Maps & Info |
Facts about Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC):
- This developments will lead Cascavel Airport to operate aircraft such as Boeing 737, Airbus A320 family and Embraer E-Jet family.
- Since 01/29/2013 the airport is running with a 1.780m x 45m runway.
- In addition to being known as "Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport", another name for CAC is "Aeroporto Adalberto Mendes da Silva".
- 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 handled 50,651 passengers last year.
- Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
Facts about Shimojishima Airport (SHI):
- Because of Shimojishima Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Shimojishima 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.
- In 2010, there were renewed protests against proposals to turn Shimoji Airport into a permanent USMC post.
- The furthest airport from Shimojishima Airport (SHI) is Guaraní International Airport (AGT), which is nearly antipodal to Shimojishima Airport (meaning Shimojishima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guaraní International Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
- The closest airport to Shimojishima Airport (SHI) is Miyako Airport (MMY), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of SHI.
- In addition to being known as "Shimojishima Airport", other names for SHI include "下地島空港" and "Shimojishima Kūkō".
- In 2004, there were some protests over the use of the airport as a refueling stop by USMC helicopters returning from an exercise in the Philippines.
- From 2001 onwards, the U.S.
- Shimojishima Airport (SHI) currently has only 1 runway.