Nonstop flight route between Emporia, Kansas, United States and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Emporia Municipal Airport (EMP), Emporia, Kansas, United States and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,324 miles (or 6,960 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 Emporia Municipal Airport and Cardiff 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 Emporia Municipal Airport and Cardiff Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EMP / KEMP |
Airport Name: | Emporia Municipal Airport |
Location: | Emporia, Kansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°19'50"N by 96°11'23"W |
Area Served: | Emporia, Kansas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1208 feet (368 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from EMP |
More Information: | EMP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CWL / EGFF |
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Location: | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°23'48"N by 3°20'35"W |
Area Served: | Cardiff South Wales Mid Wales West Wales |
Operator/Owner: | Welsh Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 220 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CWL |
More Information: | CWL Maps & Info |
Facts about Emporia Municipal Airport (EMP):
- The closest airport to Emporia Municipal Airport (EMP) is Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport (EDK), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) SW of EMP.
- The furthest airport from Emporia Municipal Airport (EMP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,673 miles (17,177 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- On 1 April 1965 the Ministry of Aviation handed over the airport to Glamorgan County Council and it was renamed Glamorgan Airport.
- Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was used by 2.1 million passengers in 2008, falling to around 1.1 million passengers in 2013, according to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, a reduction of nearly 50% since 2008, making it the 21st busiest airport in the UK in terms of passenger numbers.
- In 2012, the airport ran into a barrage of sustained criticism from the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones.
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
- The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
- It was announced on 13 April 2011 that Bmibaby were to close their base at the airport, along with their base at Manchester Airport in the following October in order to redeploy aircraft at their other bases, including the creation of a new operation at Belfast City Airport.
- Because of Cardiff Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Cardiff 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.
- The furthest airport from Cardiff Airport (CWL) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.