Nonstop flight route between Allahabad, India and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Allahabad Airport (IXD), Allahabad, India and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,658 miles (or 7,496 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 Allahabad 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 Allahabad Airport and Cardiff Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Allahabad Airport (IXD):

• The Central Air Command is one of the five operational commands of the Indian Air Force.
• The closest airport to Allahabad Airport (IXD) is Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport (VNS), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) E of IXD.
• In addition to being known as "Allahabad Airport", other names for IXD include "इलाहाबाद एयरपोर्ट" and "Bamrauli Airport".
• Allahabad Airport (IXD) has 2 runways.
• Allahabad Airport was built in 1919 and severed as an international airport till 1946 with direct flights to London till 1932.
• There is constant effort by aviation ministry to extend and upgrade the Allahabad airport.
• The Command features permanent airbases at Agra, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Gwalior, Nagpur and Kanpur.
• The furthest airport from Allahabad Airport (IXD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,736 miles (18,887 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Allahabad Airport's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at Allahabad 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.

Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):

• However, it emerged that the Airport had applied for £5 million of payments from the Welsh Assembly Government to deal with unspecified development at the terminal.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
• The airport was the main base for three local airlines.
• In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
• Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
• The history of the airport extends back to the early 1940s, when the Air Ministry requisitioned land in the rural Vale of Glamorgan to set up a wartime satellite aerodrome and training base, named RAF Rhoose, for Royal Air Force Spitfire pilots.
• In early December 2013 Flybe announced it would drop its Paris and Glasgow services with effect from January 2014.
• Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is not only the main maintenance base for British Airways but also home to a variety of aerospace-oriented firms and colleges, and therefore a major contributor to the economic development of the region.
• 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.