Nonstop flight route between Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Inukjuak Airport (YPH), Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,846 miles (or 4,579 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 Inukjuak 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 Inukjuak Airport and MoD St Athan. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YPH / CYPH |
Airport Name: | Inukjuak Airport |
Location: | Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°28'18"N by 78°4'36"W |
Operator/Owner: | Kativik Regional Government Administration régionale Kativik |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 86 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YPH |
More Information: | YPH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGX / EGDX |
Airport Name: | MoD St Athan |
Location: | St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°24'16"N by 3°26'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 163 feet (50 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DGX |
More Information: | DGX Maps & Info |
Facts about Inukjuak Airport (YPH):
- Because of Inukjuak Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Inukjuak 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.
- Inukjuak Airport (YPH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Inukjuak Airport (YPH) is Puvirnituq Airport (YPX), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) NNE of YPH.
- The furthest airport from Inukjuak Airport (YPH) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,656 miles (17,149 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- In 2006, the Special Forces Support Group was raised at St Athan and the Welsh Guards returned to London.
- RAF St Athan was also home for the Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Training School.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.
- 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.
- 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.