Nonstop flight route between Mirgorod, Ukraine and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Myrhorod Airport (MXR), Mirgorod, Ukraine and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,606 miles (or 2,584 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 Myrhorod Airport and Cardiff Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Myrhorod Airport (MXR):

• Today it is home to the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, Air Command Centre, Ukrainian Air Force.
• On the night of 21 June 1944, the field was targeted by a massive German strike force.
• Myrhorod Airport (MXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Myrhorod Airport (MXR) is Kremenchuk (Velyka Kokhnivka) Airport (KHU), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) S of MXR.
• After the war, the airfield was rebuilt and used as a Soviet Air Forces base.
• The furthest airport from Myrhorod Airport (MXR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,965 miles (17,646 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Myrhorod Airport", another name for MXR is "Аеропорт «Миргород»".

Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):

• In April 1995, due to planned Local Government re-organisation in Wales, the Airport Company was privatised, with shares being sold to property and development firm, TBI plc, which has now been converted back to a private company called TBI Ltd and is concessionary to Orlando Sanford International 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.
• On 27 March 2013, the Welsh Government announced it had purchased the Cardiff International Airport Ltd from TBI Ltd as a going concern for £52,000,000.
• In 2006 the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair withdrew from the airport ending 5 years of service on the Cardiff to Dublin route daily.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
• Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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 First Minister's criticism was roundly rejected by Alex Cruz, chief executive of Vueling - a Spanish airline which operates regular flights from Cardiff.