Nonstop flight route between Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,858 miles (or 14,256 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport and Bagram Airfield, 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport and Bagram Airfield. 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF):

• The closest airport to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) ENE of MGF.
• The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants.
• In addition to being known as "Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport", another name for MGF is "Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior".
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport handled 677,264 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (meaning Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):

• As of late January 2002, there were somewhat over 4,000 US troops in Afghanistan, of which about 3,000 were at Kandahar International Airport, and about 500 were stationed at Bagram.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Bagram Airfield is currently maintained by the Combined Joint Task Force 10th Mountain Division, having taken over from the 101st Airborne Division in the winter of 2013.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• Because of Bagram Airfield's high elevation of 4,895 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OAI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OAI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• During the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan, it played a key role, serving as a base of operations for troops and supplies.
• Early on the morning of 30 December 2010, Taliban militants fired two rockets on Bagram though no casualties were reported.
• In October 2009 The State reported on Bagram's expansion.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.