Nonstop flight route between Mmabatho, South Africa and Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mafikeng Airport (MBD), Mmabatho, South Africa and Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ), Cluj-Napoca, Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,017 miles (or 8,074 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 Mafikeng Airport and Cluj Avram Iancu International 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 Mafikeng Airport and Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mafikeng Airport (MBD):

• Mafikeng Airport (MBD) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mafikeng Airport", another name for MBD is "Mmabatho Airport".
• Because of Mafikeng Airport's high elevation of 4,181 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is nearly antipodal to Mafikeng Airport (meaning Mafikeng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kalaupapa Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,443 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNE of MBD.

Facts about Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ):

• In terms of traffic, it is the second airport in Romania, after Bucharest Henri Coandă, handling more than one million passengers in 2013.
• In the 1960s, an extensive modernization of the airport began.
• RATUC, the local public transport company, operates its Route No.
• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport handled 1,035,438 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,439 miles (18,410 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Târgu Mureș International Airport (TGM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) ESE of CLJ.
• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The construction of a new terminal, capable of handling 2 million passengers annually, started on 26 June 2007.
• In addition to being known as "Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport", other names for CLJ include "Cluj-Napoca International Airport" and "Aeroportul Internațional "Avram Iancu" Cluj".