Nonstop flight route between Lorain / Elyria, Ohio, United States and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR), Lorain / Elyria, Ohio, United States and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,633 miles (or 5,846 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 Lorain County Regional 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 Lorain County Regional 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: | LPR / KLPR |
Airport Name: | Lorain County Regional Airport |
Location: | Lorain / Elyria, Ohio, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°20'39"N by 82°10'39"W |
Area Served: | Lorain / Elyria, Ohio |
Operator/Owner: | Lorain County Board of Commissioners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 793 feet (242 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPR |
More Information: | LPR 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 Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR):
- Because of Lorain County Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 793 feet, planes can take off or land at Lorain County Regional 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.
- Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,364 miles (18,289 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR) is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) ENE of LPR.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- 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.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of 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.
- 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.
- During the war a dummy airfield was built using wood and cardboard a few miles west of the original airfield and successful efforts were made to hide the proper field.