Nonstop flight route between Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,029 miles (or 9,703 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 Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola 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 Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola 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: | JOI / SBJV |
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Location: | Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°13'23"S by 48°47'50"W |
Area Served: | Joinville |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JOI |
More Information: | JOI 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 Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI):
- Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport handled 423,114 passengers last year.
- The airport is located 14 km from downtown Joinville.
- Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola 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 Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is nearly antipodal to Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (meaning Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kitadaito Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
- The closest airport to Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) is Navegantes Airport (NVT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SSE of JOI.
- In addition to being known as "Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport", another name for JOI is "Aeroporto de Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola".
- Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport is the airport serving Joinville, Brazil.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- 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.
- In 2006, the Special Forces Support Group was raised at St Athan and the Welsh Guards returned to London.
- During the 1960s, a driving school was established.
- Just before 1100 GMT on 11 February 2009, two Grob Tutor aircraft flying out of St Athan were involved in a mid-air collision in which two Air Training Corps cadets and their instructors, both RAF pilots, died.
- The MOD later decided that DARA's 'Fast Jets' and 'Engines' businesses would close by April 2007, although the 'Large Aircraft' business would continue and, on 14 April 2005, the Project Red Dragon super-hangar opened and DARA moved its VC10 operations from its existing 'Twin Peaks' hangar into the new facility.
- 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.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
- The last aircraft to be serviced at St Athan, a Vickers VC10, departed the site on 23 February 2012.
- 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.