Nonstop flight route between Stanton, Minnesota, United States and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stanton Airfield (SYN), Stanton, Minnesota, United States and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,913 miles (or 6,297 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 Stanton Airfield and Cardiff Airport, 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 Stanton Airfield and Cardiff Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stanton Airfield (SYN):

• The closest airport to Stanton Airfield (SYN) is Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Wold–Chamberlain Airport (MSP), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NNW of SYN.
• Because of Stanton Airfield's relatively low elevation of 920 feet, planes can take off or land at Stanton Airfield 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.
• Stanton Airfield (SYN) has 2 runways.
• Stanton Airfield is a public use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Stanton, in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
• The furthest airport from Stanton Airfield (SYN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,776 miles (17,342 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):

• In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
• 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.
• The 2010 accounts quoted the net worth of Cardiff Airport Ltd to be £34,311,000.
• 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.
• In 2007 a new airline was mooted as a new home carrier at the airport.
• 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.
• Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
• Cardiff Airport is an international airport owned by the Welsh Government, serving Cardiff and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales.
• Passenger numbers increased from 2012 to 2013 which shows that Cardiff is making a slow recovery to try to reach passenger levels achieved over 10 years ago.
• In the 1970s, the supersonic airliner Concorde made a few flights into the airport on special occasions.