Nonstop flight route between Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kalibo International Airport (KLO), Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,012 miles (or 11,285 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 Kalibo International Airport and MoD St Athan, 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 Kalibo International Airport and MoD St Athan. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kalibo International Airport (KLO):

• Kalibo International Airport handled 1,832,168 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Kalibo International Airport (KLO) is Roxas Airport (RXS), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of KLO.
• The airport is situated 3 km east of the main area of Kalibo and 68 km from Caticlan port in Malay.
• Kalibo International Airport is an airport that serves the general area of Kalibo, the capital of the province of Aklan in the Philippines, and is one of two airports serving Boracay, the other being Godofredo P.
• Because of Kalibo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalibo International 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 Kalibo International Airport (KLO) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Kalibo International Airport (meaning Kalibo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Kalibo International Airport (KLO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kalibo International Airport", another name for KLO is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Kalibo Paeuparang Pangkalibutan it Kalibo".

Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):

• 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 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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
• 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.
• The MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.
• During the 1960s, a driving school was established.
• In March 2004, however, DARA announced the loss of 550 jobs at St Athan as part of streamlining to make DARA more efficient and better able to compete with the private sector for lucrative aircraft repair contracts, but also because they lost out to a direct RAF bid for a contract to upgrade the air force's fleet of ageing Harrier jump jet aircraft.
• 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.