Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina 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 MoD St Athan and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International 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 MoD St Athan and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- The new academy was claimed to create up to 5000 jobs at St Athan with a £14 billion investment over 25 years with an estimated £57.4 million spent into the local economy.
- The two cadet passengers were cousins and were named as Katie Jo Davies, 15, and Nikitta Walters, 14.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The base has been home to the RAF No.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR):
- 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.
- Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V.
- 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.
- 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"".
- Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) has 2 runways.
- The airport had been a jetport for a long time, but it had been lacking the size to receive larger numbers of passengers until Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a private company that operates several airports in Argentina, decided to give internal Argentine airports more money so that they could expand and lure more airlines.
