Nonstop flight route between St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Koh Kong, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom and Koh Kong Airport (KKZ), Koh Kong, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,280 miles (or 10,106 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 Koh Kong 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 Koh Kong 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):

• During the 1960s, a driving school was established.
• 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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.

Facts about Koh Kong Airport (KKZ):

• The furthest airport from Koh Kong Airport (KKZ) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Koh Kong Airport (meaning Koh Kong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• The closest airport to Koh Kong Airport (KKZ) is Trat Airport (TDX), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) NW of KKZ.
• In addition to being known as "Koh Kong Airport", another name for KKZ is "Koh Kong Airport (Koh Kong)".
• Because of Koh Kong Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Koh Kong 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.
• Koh Kong Airport (KKZ) currently has only 1 runway.