Nonstop flight route between Monrovia, Liberia and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB), Monrovia, Liberia and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,146 miles (or 5,063 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB):

• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Nauru International Airport (INU), which is nearly antipodal to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (meaning Roberts International Airport Roberts Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nauru International Airport), and is located 12,001 miles (19,314 kilometers) away in Yaren, Nauru.
• The closest airport to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of ROB.
• Presently, daily commercial traffic consists of only one or two arrivals.
• Because of Roberts International Airport Roberts Field's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Roberts International Airport Roberts Field 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 October 2012, start-up airline Gambia Bird commenced twice-weekly non-stop services between Banjul and Robertsfield with an A319.
• The story of Robertsfield is consistently intertwined with the history of Pan American World Airways.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field handled 133,656 passengers last year.

Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):

• 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.
• 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.
• After the war, airmen of the Airframe and Engine trades continued to train at St Athan, but in 1955 this training dispersed to RAF Kirkham and RAF Weeton.
• The two cadet passengers were cousins and were named as Katie Jo Davies, 15, and Nikitta Walters, 14.
• 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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of 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.
• MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
• During the 1960s, a driving school was established.