Nonstop flight route between Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and Boston, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,112 miles (or 13,055 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 Pietermaritzburg Airport and Boston Logan 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 Pietermaritzburg Airport and Boston Logan 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 Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB):

• The furthest airport from Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,706 miles (18,839 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) is King Shaka International (DUR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) E of PZB.

Facts about Boston Logan International Airport (BOS):

• ILS is available for runways 4R, 15R, 22L, 27, and 33L, with runway 4R being certified for CAT III Instrument Landing operations.
• Boston Logan International Airport handled 3,021,863 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of BOS.
• Because of Boston Logan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Boston Logan International 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.
• The new runway reduces the need for the existing Runway 15L/33R, which, at only 2,557 feet is among the shortest hard-surface runways at major airports in the United States.
• Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has 6 runways.
• As of February 2011, Logan ranks 14th among major U.S.
• In 2011, Logan Airport served an all-time high of 28,800,000 passengers, a 5% increase from 2010.
• Runway 14/32 opened on November 23, 2006, Logan's first major runway addition in more than forty years.
• When Terminal E opened in 1974 it was the second largest international arrivals facility in the United States.
• The furthest airport from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,767 miles (18,937 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• A scene from the 2006 film The Departed was filmed at Logan, inside the connector bridge between Terminal E and the Central Parking Garage.
• Until around 1950 the airline terminal was at 42.367N 71.0275W.
• Logan had no service to East Asia from 2001, when Korean Air discontinued service to Seoul, South Korea, until 2011.