Nonstop flight route between McCall, Idaho, United States and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McCall Municipal Airport (MYL), McCall, Idaho, United States and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,670 miles (or 7,515 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 McCall Municipal 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 McCall Municipal 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 McCall Municipal Airport (MYL):

• Because of McCall Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,024 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MYL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MYL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport was the site of a fatal crash on May 2, 2008, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach and exploded, resulting in three deaths.
• McCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres at an elevation of 5,024 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) is Ontario Municipal Airport (ONO), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SW of MYL.
• The furthest airport from McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,771 miles (17,333 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• McCall Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in McCall, a city in Valley County, Idaho, United States.
• McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):

• 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 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.
• St Athan also became the major RAF maintenance base for Vulcan, Victor, Buccaner, Phantom, Harrier, Tornado, Jaguar, Hawk and VC10 aircraft, originally under direct RAF control, but latterly under the auspices of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
• The last aircraft to be serviced at St Athan, a Vickers VC10, departed the site on 23 February 2012.
• RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
• MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.