Nonstop flight route between Clintonville, Wisconsin, United States and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI), Clintonville, Wisconsin, United States and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,743 miles (or 6,024 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 Clintonville Municipal Airport and MoD St Athan, 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 Clintonville Municipal Airport and MoD St Athan. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CLI / KCLI |
Airport Name: | Clintonville Municipal Airport |
Location: | Clintonville, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°36'47"N by 88°43'50"W |
Area Served: | Clintonville, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | City of Clintonville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 822 feet (251 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from CLI |
More Information: | CLI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGX / EGDX |
Airport Name: | MoD St Athan |
Location: | St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°24'16"N by 3°26'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 163 feet (50 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DGX |
More Information: | DGX Maps & Info |
Facts about Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI):
- The airport was the birthplace of Wisconsin Central Airlines which became North Central Airlines.
- Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI) has 3 runways.
- Because of Clintonville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 822 feet, planes can take off or land at Clintonville Municipal 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 closest airport to Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI) is Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SSE of CLI.
- The furthest airport from Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,972 miles (17,657 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- The furthest airport from MoD St Athan (DGX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- In March 2004, however, DARA announced the loss of 550 jobs at St Athan as part of streamlining to make DARA more efficient and better able to compete with the private sector for lucrative aircraft repair contracts, but also because they lost out to a direct RAF bid for a contract to upgrade the air force's fleet of ageing Harrier jump jet aircraft.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
- RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
- Because of MoD St Athan's relatively low elevation of 163 feet, planes can take off or land at MoD St Athan 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.
- After the war, airmen of the Airframe and Engine trades continued to train at St Athan, but in 1955 this training dispersed to RAF Kirkham and RAF Weeton.
- In March 2003 it was confirmed that a new hi-tech maintenance centre would be built, creating 3,300 jobs.
- The training to be carried out at St Athan was to be specialist phase 2 and phase 3 engineering courses of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.