Nonstop flight route between Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,798 miles (or 10,941 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 Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella 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 Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International 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: | COR / SACO |
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Location: | Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°18'35"S by 64°12'29"W |
Area Served: | Córdoba |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1604 feet (489 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from COR |
More Information: | COR 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 Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR):
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- Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) NW of COR.
- The furthest airport from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG), which is nearly antipodal to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (meaning Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Anqing Tianzhushan Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Anqing, Anhui, China.
- The construction of a second and third floor began in 2000, designed by prominent local architect Mario Roberto Álvarez.
- In addition to being known as "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport", another name for COR is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Córdoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella"".
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
- 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.
- On 26 August 1993 an ATC civilian instructor was seriously injured and the RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot, Group Captain Roger Sweatman, was killed when their Chipmunk trainer, on an air experience flight, crashed after encountering difficulties during a simulated emergency low-height manoeuvre on take-off.
- The MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.