Nonstop flight route between Cooch Behar, India and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cooch Behar Airport (COH), Cooch Behar, India and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,932 miles (or 7,936 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 Cooch Behar 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 Cooch Behar 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: | COH / VECO |
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Location: | Cooch Behar, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°30'0"N by 89°40'0"E |
Area Served: | Cooch Behar |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 138 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from COH |
More Information: | COH 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 Cooch Behar Airport (COH):
- Because of Cooch Behar Airport's relatively low elevation of 138 feet, planes can take off or land at Cooch Behar 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.
- Cooch Behar Airport (COH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Cooch Behar Airport", other names for COH include "কোচবিহার বিমানবন্দর" and "Cooch Behar".
- The furthest airport from Cooch Behar Airport (COH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,260 miles (18,121 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Cooch Behar Airport (COH) is Rupsi Airport (RUP), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of COH.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
- However, it emerged that the Airport had applied for £5 million of payments from the Welsh Assembly Government to deal with unspecified development at the terminal.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- The airport was used by 2.1 million passengers in 2008, falling to around 1.1 million passengers in 2013, according to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, a reduction of nearly 50% since 2008, making it the 21st busiest airport in the UK in terms of passenger numbers.
- 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.
- 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.
- As of March 2013, the Welsh Government is in the process of acquiring Cardiff Airport from TBI/Abertis, who may also divest themselves of all their airport assets following international criticism of their management of these resources.
- On 15 May 2014 it was announced that Ryanair would return to the airport after an absence of 8 years by operating a service to Tenerife starting on 30 October the same year.
- The history of the airport extends back to the early 1940s, when the Air Ministry requisitioned land in the rural Vale of Glamorgan to set up a wartime satellite aerodrome and training base, named RAF Rhoose, for Royal Air Force Spitfire pilots.