Nonstop flight route between Waterford, Ireland and Maringá, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Waterford Airport (WAT), Waterford, Ireland and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,888 miles (or 9,476 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 Waterford Airport and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional 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 Waterford Airport and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Waterford Airport (WAT):

• The furthest airport from Waterford Airport (WAT) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Waterford Airport (meaning Waterford Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,013 miles (19,333 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Waterford Airport", another name for WAT is "Aerfort Phort Láirge".
• Because of Waterford Airport's relatively low elevation of 119 feet, planes can take off or land at Waterford 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.
• On 12 May 2010 Aer Arann announced an expansion of services from Waterford to London and Galway.
• Waterford Airport handled 8,000 passengers last year.
• Waterford Airport, is 4.9 NM south-east of Waterford.
• The closest airport to Waterford Airport (WAT) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of WAT.
• The nearest bus and coach station is 10km away in Waterford from where Bus Éireann provides services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Rosslare Europort, Wexford, Clonmel and Tramore.
• On 14 May 2007 Aer Arann announced that they would open up a base in Waterford Airport and they also announced services to Birmingham.

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.
• 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.
• The airport is very modern and the runway of the airport is capable to handle major regional and domestic flights.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport, is the airport serving Maringá, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport", another name for MGF is "Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior".
• It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná.