Nonstop flight route between Toussus-le-Noble, France and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), Toussus-le-Noble, France and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 303 miles (or 487 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 relatively short distance between Toussus-le-Noble Airport and Cardiff Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF):

• The furthest airport from Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toussus-le-Noble Airport (meaning Toussus-le-Noble Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,089 miles (19,455 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Toussus-le-Noble Airport", another name for TNF is "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-46".
• It was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, and was used by Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, a Luftwaffe dive bombing wing, during the Battle of Britain flying Junkers Ju 87 "Stukas" and later Dornier Do 17 light bombers between December 1940 and March 1941.
• It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 28 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
• Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) is Paris Orly Airport (ORY), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of TNF.
• Under American control, the Ninth Air Force assigned the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group to the airport which flew a variety of photo-reconnaissance aircraft until the end of September 1944.
• Because of Toussus-le-Noble Airport's relatively low elevation of 538 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussus-le-Noble 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.

Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):

• In 2006 the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair withdrew from the airport ending 5 years of service on the Cardiff to Dublin route daily.
• The closest airport to Cardiff Airport (CWL) is MoD St Athan (DGX), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) W of CWL.
• However, it emerged that the Airport had applied for £5 million of payments from the Welsh Assembly Government to deal with unspecified development at the terminal.
• On 1 April 1965 the Ministry of Aviation handed over the airport to Glamorgan County Council and it was renamed Glamorgan Airport.
• In early December 2013 Flybe announced it would drop its Paris and Glasgow services with effect from January 2014.
• 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 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.
• In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".
• Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
• Cardiff Airport (CWL) currently has only 1 runway.