Nonstop flight route between Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Coeur d'Alene Airport (COE), Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,536 miles (or 7,300 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 Coeur d'Alene 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 Coeur d'Alene 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: | COE / KCOE |
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Location: | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°46'27"N by 116°49'9"W |
Area Served: | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
Operator/Owner: | Kootenai County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2320 feet (707 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from COE |
More Information: | COE 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 Coeur d'Alene Airport (COE):
- Coeur d'Alene Airport (COE) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Coeur d'Alene Airport", another name for COE is "Pappy Boyington Field".
- The furthest airport from Coeur d'Alene Airport (COE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,634 miles (17,113 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Coeur d'Alene Airport (COE) is Felts Field (SFF), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) WSW of COE.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the 1960s, a driving school was established.
- The MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Just before 1100 GMT on 11 February 2009, two Grob Tutor aircraft flying out of St Athan were involved in a mid-air collision in which two Air Training Corps cadets and their instructors, both RAF pilots, died.