Nonstop flight route between Bangui, Central African Republic and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF), Bangui, Central African Republic and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,485 miles (or 5,609 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 Bangui M'Poko International 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 Bangui M'Poko International Airport and MoD St Athan. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF):

• The closest airport to Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) is Bossembélé Airport (BEM), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) NW of BGF.
• Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bangui M'Poko International Airport (meaning Bangui M'Poko International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,022 miles (19,348 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Bangui M'Poko International Airport handled 101,099 passengers last year.

Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):

• 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.
• 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 training to be carried out at St Athan was to be specialist phase 2 and phase 3 engineering courses of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
• MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2009 building work was due to commence on a new defence training academy with its heart at St Athan.
• 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.
• After the war, airmen of the Airframe and Engine trades continued to train at St Athan, but in 1955 this training dispersed to RAF Kirkham and RAF Weeton.