Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Calbayog Airport (CYP), Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,064 miles (or 11,368 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 Calbayog 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 Calbayog Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 2009 building work was due to commence on a new defence training academy with its heart at St Athan.
• After the war, airmen of the Airframe and Engine trades continued to train at St Athan, but in 1955 this training dispersed to RAF Kirkham and RAF Weeton.

Facts about Calbayog Airport (CYP):

• The closest airport to Calbayog Airport (CYP) is Catarman National Airport (CRM), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of CYP.
• Terminal building exterior
• Calbayog Airport handled 52,510 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Calbayog Airport", another name for CYP is "Paliparan ng CalbayogLuparan san Calbayog".
• The furthest airport from Calbayog Airport (CYP) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Calbayog Airport (meaning Calbayog Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,797 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Calbayog Airport (CYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pre-departure area of Calbayog City Airport
• Because of Calbayog Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Calbayog 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.