Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Kadanwari, Pakistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Kadanwari Airport (KCF), Kadanwari, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,038 miles (or 6,499 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 Kadanwari 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 Kadanwari 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: | KCF / |
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Location: | Kadanwari, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°12'23"N by 69°9'23"E |
Area Served: | Kadanwari |
Operator/Owner: | OMV Pakistan |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 197 feet (60 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KCF |
More Information: | KCF Maps & Info |
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 2006, the Special Forces Support Group was raised at St Athan and the Welsh Guards returned to London.
- MOD St Athan is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
- RAF St Athan has been used to house a number of army units throughout its life and, in 2003, the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards moved from Aldershot to St Athan - the first time they have been based in Wales since they were formed in 1915.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Kadanwari Airport (KCF):
- The furthest airport from Kadanwari Airport (KCF) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kadanwari Airport (meaning Kadanwari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Kadanwari Airport (KCF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kadanwari Airport (KCF) is Sukkur Airport (SKZ), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NNW of KCF.
- Because of Kadanwari Airport's relatively low elevation of 197 feet, planes can take off or land at Kadanwari 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 addition to being known as "Kadanwari Airport", another name for KCF is "OPKW".