Nonstop flight route between Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom and West Bend, Wisconsin, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom and West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB), West Bend, Wisconsin, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,777 miles (or 6,078 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 Cardiff Airport and West Bend Municipal 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 Cardiff Airport and West Bend Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):

• On 1 April 1965 the Ministry of Aviation handed over the airport to Glamorgan County Council and it was renamed Glamorgan Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
• 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.
• Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
• In early December 2013 Flybe announced it would drop its Paris and Glasgow services with effect from January 2014.
• The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
• 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.
• In 2006 the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair withdrew from the airport ending 5 years of service on the Cardiff to Dublin route daily.
• Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB):

• West Bend Municipal Airport covers an area of 404 acres at an elevation of 887 feet above mean sea level.
• West Bend Air operates the FBO and provides 100 octane low lead fuel as well as Jet-A fuel.
• West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) has 2 runways.
• Because of West Bend Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 887 feet, planes can take off or land at West Bend Municipal 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.
• Immediately overlying the airport is Class G Airspace.
• West Bend Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of West Bend, a city in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States.
• The nearest special use airspace is Restricted Airspace R-6903, which is superimposed over the Minnow MOA, approx.
• The furthest airport from West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,029 miles (17,750 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) is Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSE of ETB.