Nonstop flight route between Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom and Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom and Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,924 miles (or 6,316 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 Cardiff Airport and Barbuda Codrington 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 Cardiff Airport and Barbuda Codrington Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CWL / EGFF |
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Location: | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°23'48"N by 3°20'35"W |
Area Served: | Cardiff South Wales Mid Wales West Wales |
Operator/Owner: | Welsh Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 220 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CWL |
More Information: | CWL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BBQ / TAPH |
Airport Name: | Barbuda Codrington Airport |
Location: | Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'8"N by 61°49'36"W |
Area Served: | Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BBQ |
More Information: | BBQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
- Because of Cardiff Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Cardiff 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.
- Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- In early December 2013 Flybe announced it would drop its Paris and Glasgow services with effect from January 2014.
- On 1 April 1965 the Ministry of Aviation handed over the airport to Glamorgan County Council and it was renamed Glamorgan Airport.
- The furthest airport from Cardiff Airport (CWL) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- In 2007 a new airline was mooted as a new home carrier at the airport.
- However, it emerged that the Airport had applied for £5 million of payments from the Welsh Assembly Government to deal with unspecified development at the terminal.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
Facts about Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ):
- The furthest airport from Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ) is Port Hedland International Airport (PHE), which is nearly antipodal to Barbuda Codrington Airport (meaning Barbuda Codrington Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Hedland International Airport), and is located 12,245 miles (19,706 kilometers) away in Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Barbuda Codrington Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Barbuda Codrington 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 Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ) is V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BBQ.
- Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ) currently has only 1 runway.