Nonstop flight route between Pilar, Paraguay and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL), Pilar, Paraguay and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,350 miles (or 10,220 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 Carlos Miguel Jiménez 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 Carlos Miguel Jiménez 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 Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL):

• Because of Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Carlos Miguel Jiménez 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 "Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport", another name for PIL is "Aeropuerto Carlos Miguel Jiménez de Pilar".
• The furthest airport from Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) is Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (meaning Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wenzhou Longwan International Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• The closest airport to Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) is Formosa International Airport (FMA), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) N of PIL.
• Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):

• 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.
• 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.
• During the war a dummy airfield was built using wood and cardboard a few miles west of the original airfield and successful efforts were made to hide the proper field.
• MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
• RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
• The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
• The two cadet passengers were cousins and were named as Katie Jo Davies, 15, and Nikitta Walters, 14.
• The new academy was claimed to create up to 5000 jobs at St Athan with a £14 billion investment over 25 years with an estimated £57.4 million spent into the local economy.
• 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.