Nonstop flight route between Eskişehir, Turkey and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE), Eskişehir, Turkey and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,805 miles (or 2,904 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 relatively short distance between Eskişehir Anadolu Airport and MoD St Athan, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AOE / LTBY |
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Location: | Eskişehir, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°48'36"N by 30°31'9"E |
Area Served: | Eskişehir |
Operator/Owner: | Eskişehir Airport and Anadolu University |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2588 feet (789 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AOE |
More Information: | AOE 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 Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE):
- Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE) is Eskişehir Air Base (ESK), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) ESE of AOE.
- In addition to being known as "Eskişehir Anadolu Airport", another name for AOE is "Eskişehir Anadolu Havaalanı".
- The furthest airport from Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,231 miles (18,075 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
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.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- St Athan also became the major RAF maintenance base for Vulcan, Victor, Buccaner, Phantom, Harrier, Tornado, Jaguar, Hawk and VC10 aircraft, originally under direct RAF control, but latterly under the auspices of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
- The last aircraft to be serviced at St Athan, a Vickers VC10, departed the site on 23 February 2012.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
- The base has been home to the RAF No.
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