Nonstop flight route between Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Little Grand Rapids Airport (ZGR), Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,661 miles (or 5,892 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 Little Grand Rapids 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 Little Grand Rapids 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: | ZGR / CZGR |
Airport Name: | Little Grand Rapids Airport |
Location: | Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°2'42"N by 95°27'57"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Manitoba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1008 feet (307 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZGR |
More Information: | ZGR 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 Little Grand Rapids Airport (ZGR):
- Little Grand Rapids Airport (ZGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Little Grand Rapids Airport (ZGR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,474 miles (16,855 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Little Grand Rapids Airport (ZGR) is Poplar Hill Airport (YHP), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) E of ZGR.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- 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 has also had several problems with wild fly-grazing horses around the airfield and the Redwings Sanctuary in Norfolk were needed to assist in the rescue of 23 unclaimed horses that had been left on the site.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
- Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2006 the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair withdrew from the airport ending 5 years of service on the Cardiff to Dublin route daily.
- In April 1995, due to planned Local Government re-organisation in Wales, the Airport Company was privatised, with shares being sold to property and development firm, TBI plc, which has now been converted back to a private company called TBI Ltd and is concessionary to Orlando Sanford International Airport.
- The 2010 accounts quoted the net worth of Cardiff Airport Ltd to be £34,311,000.
- 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.