Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Lindi, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Lindi / Kikwetu Airport (LDI), Lindi, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,952 miles (or 7,970 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 MoD St Athan and Lindi / Kikwetu 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 MoD St Athan and Lindi / Kikwetu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LDI / HTLI |
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Location: | Lindi, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°50'59"S by 39°45'30"E |
Area Served: | Lindi |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 100 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDI |
More Information: | LDI Maps & Info |
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- RAF St Athan has been used to house a number of army units throughout its life and, in 2003, the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards moved from Aldershot to St Athan - the first time they have been based in Wales since they were formed in 1915.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
- The new academy was claimed to create up to 5000 jobs at St Athan with a £14 billion investment over 25 years with an estimated £57.4 million spent into the local economy.
- The last aircraft to be serviced at St Athan, a Vickers VC10, departed the site on 23 February 2012.
- The base has been home to the RAF No.
- 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 station officially opened as RAF St Athan on 1 September 1938 and the first unit to take up residence was No 4 School of Technical Training.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
Facts about Lindi / Kikwetu Airport (LDI):
- Because of Lindi / Kikwetu Airport's relatively low elevation of 100 feet, planes can take off or land at Lindi / Kikwetu 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 furthest airport from Lindi / Kikwetu Airport (LDI) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,237 miles (18,084 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Lindi / Kikwetu Airport (LDI) is Mtwara Airport (MYW), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SE of LDI.
- Lindi / Kikwetu Airport (LDI) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Lindi / Kikwetu Airport", another name for LDI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Lindi (Swahili)".