Nonstop flight route between Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Neubrandenburg Airport (FNB), Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 719 miles (or 1,156 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 relatively short distance between Neubrandenburg Airport and MoD St Athan, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FNB / ETNU |
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Location: | Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°36'7"N by 13°18'21"E |
Area Served: | Neubrandenburg, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Neubrandenburg–Trollenhagen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 226 feet (69 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FNB |
More Information: | FNB Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Neubrandenburg Airport (FNB):
- Neubrandenburg Airport (FNB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Neubrandenburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 226 feet, planes can take off or land at Neubrandenburg 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 "Neubrandenburg Airport", other names for FNB include "Flughafen Neubrandenburg" and "Neubrandenburg Airport".
- The furthest airport from Neubrandenburg Airport (FNB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,629 miles (18,714 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Neubrandenburg Airport (FNB) is Heringsdorf Airport (HDF), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) ENE of FNB.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- The MOD later decided that DARA's 'Fast Jets' and 'Engines' businesses would close by April 2007, although the 'Large Aircraft' business would continue and, on 14 April 2005, the Project Red Dragon super-hangar opened and DARA moved its VC10 operations from its existing 'Twin Peaks' hangar into the new facility.
- During the 1960s, a driving school was established.
- 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.
- 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 March 2003 it was confirmed that a new hi-tech maintenance centre would be built, creating 3,300 jobs.
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The only squadrons to operate out of St Athan on a regular basis are the University of Wales Air Squadron, flying Grob Tutors and No 634 Volunteer Gliding Squadron using Vigilant T.1s.
- 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 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.
- In 2009 building work was due to commence on a new defence training academy with its heart at St Athan.