Nonstop flight route between Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG), Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,740 miles (or 6,019 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 Fort Frances Municipal Airport and Cardiff 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 Fort Frances Municipal Airport and Cardiff Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAG / CYAG |
Airport Name: | Fort Frances Municipal Airport |
Location: | Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°39'15"N by 93°26'26"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Fort Frances |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1123 feet (342 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YAG |
More Information: | YAG Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG):
- The furthest airport from Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,656 miles (17,150 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) is Falls International Airport (INL), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of YAG.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- On 2 March 2009 the airport management revealed a name change for the airport along with initial development plans to improve the image of the facility.
- Passenger numbers increased from 2012 to 2013 which shows that Cardiff is making a slow recovery to try to reach passenger levels achieved over 10 years ago.
- 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.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- On 27 March 2013, the Welsh Government announced it had purchased the Cardiff International Airport Ltd from TBI Ltd as a going concern for £52,000,000.
- 1986 saw a further extension of 750 ft to the runway, costing in the region of £1 million, thus attracting more business to the airport in the form of new-generation jet aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
- Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- It was announced on 28 October 2011, that Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling are to open a new route to Barcelona commencing 27 March 2012 operating the route three times per week.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.