Nonstop flight route between Redmond, Oregon, United States and Cape Town, South Africa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts Field (RDM), Redmond, Oregon, United States and Cape Town International Airport (CPT), Cape Town, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,190 miles (or 16,400 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 Roberts Field and Cape Town 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 Roberts Field and Cape Town 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 Roberts Field (RDM):

• Built in the 1920s, passenger flights arrived at the airport in 1940.
• The airport upgraded its mass-casualty vehicle in 2011 due to larger commercial jets using Roberts Field.
• In 2005 Delta Air Lines began SkyWest Airlines flights to Salt Lake City on Bombardier CRJs.
• A year after the expansion's completion, a bar and restaurant was opened in the secure area after a contentious permitting process.
• In addition to being known as "Roberts Field", other names for RDM include "Redmond Municipal Airport" and "(former Redmond Army Airfield)".
• The furthest airport from Roberts Field (RDM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,951 miles (17,623 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Roberts Field (RDM) is Prineville Airport (PRZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) E of RDM.
• In October 2009 most sections of the expanded passenger terminal opened for public use.
• Roberts Field (RDM) has 2 runways.

Facts about Cape Town International Airport (CPT):

• The following is an example of information required by aircrew to operate at this airport.
• Cape Town International Airport (CPT) has 2 runways.
• The terminal building has a split-level design, with departures located in the upper floors and arrivals in the lower floors.
• The airport has direct flights from South Africa's other two main urban areas, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as flights to smaller centres in South Africa.
• Cape Town International Airport recorded 7.8 million passengers in 2008–2009, down from 8.4 million passengers the year before.
• With the fall of apartheid in the early 1990s, ownership of the airport was transferred from the state to the newly formed Airports Company South Africa, and the airport was renamed to the politically neutral Cape Town International Airport.
• Because of Cape Town International Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Town 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.
• Cape Town International Airport handled 8,505,563 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 217 miles (349 kilometers) E of CPT.
• The furthest airport from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is located 11,616 miles (18,693 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
• The only hotel located within the airport precinct is the budget Road Lodge, owned by the City Lodge hotel chain group.