Nonstop flight route between Tak, Thailand and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tak Airport (TKT), Tak, Thailand and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,834 miles (or 9,389 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 Tak Airport 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 Tak Airport and Cardiff Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TKT / VTPT |
Airport Name: | Tak Airport |
Location: | Tak, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°53'45"N by 99°15'11"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from TKT |
More Information: | TKT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CWL / EGFF |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°23'48"N by 3°20'35"W |
Area Served: | Cardiff South Wales Mid Wales West Wales |
Operator/Owner: | Welsh Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 220 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CWL |
More Information: | CWL Maps & Info |
Facts about Tak Airport (TKT):
- The furthest airport from Tak Airport (TKT) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is nearly antipodal to Tak Airport (meaning Tak Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport), and is located 12,065 miles (19,416 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
- Because of Tak Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Tak 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 closest airport to Tak Airport (TKT) is Sukhothai Airport (THS), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) ENE of TKT.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- The airport was the main base for three local airlines.
- Rees-Williams thought diverting the river at Pengam would be a problem, and feared that the tall chimney stacks of the nearby East Moors Steelworks could pose a safety hazard to aircraft.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
- On 2 March 2009 the airport management revealed a name change for the airport along with initial development plans to improve the image of the facility.