Nonstop flight route between Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada and St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT), Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada and MoD St Athan (DGX), St Athan, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,995 miles (or 4,819 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 Chibougamau/Chapais 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 Chibougamau/Chapais 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: | YMT / CYMT |
Airport Name: | Chibougamau/Chapais Airport |
Location: | Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°46'18"N by 74°31'41"W |
Area Served: | Chibougamau, Chapais, Ouje-Bougoumou, Mistissini |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Quebec |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1270 feet (387 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YMT |
More Information: | YMT 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 Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT):
- Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) is Dolbeau-Saint-Félicien Airport (YDO), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) SE of YMT.
- The furthest airport from Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,238 miles (18,085 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about MoD St Athan (DGX):
- MoD St Athan (DGX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The station officially opened as RAF St Athan on 1 September 1938 and the first unit to take up residence was No 4 School of Technical Training.
- 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.
- 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.
- MOD St Athan is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
- The MOD later decided that DARA's 'Fast Jets' and 'Engines' businesses would close by April 2007, although the 'Large Aircraft' business would continue and, on 14 April 2005, the Project Red Dragon super-hangar opened and DARA moved its VC10 operations from its existing 'Twin Peaks' hangar into the new facility.
- The MOD continued to negotiate the project with the Metrix Consortium, but the price rose several times, reaching £14 billion in mid-2009.
- 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.
- The closest airport to MoD St Athan (DGX) is Cardiff Airport (CWL), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) E of DGX.