Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH), Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,451 miles (or 15,211 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 Huahine – Fare 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 Huahine – Fare 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: | HUH / NTTH |
Airport Name: | Huahine – Fare Airport |
Location: | Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°41'13"S by 151°1'18"W |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HUH |
More Information: | HUH Maps & Info |
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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 MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.
- 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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of 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.
- RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
Facts about Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH):
- The closest airport to Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) is Bora Bora Airport (BOB), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) WNW of HUH.
- Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Huahine – Fare Airport (meaning Huahine – Fare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,277 miles (19,758 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.