Nonstop flight route between Peace River, Alberta, Canada and Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Peace River Airport (YPE), Peace River, Alberta, Canada and Cardiff Airport (CWL), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,109 miles (or 6,613 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 Peace River 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 Peace River 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: | YPE / CYPE |
Airport Name: | Peace River Airport |
Location: | Peace River, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°13'37"N by 117°26'53"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1872 feet (571 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YPE |
More Information: | YPE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CWL / EGFF |
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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 Peace River Airport (YPE):
- The 5,000 ft long runway 04/22 would be able to accommodate a Boeing 737-600, 737-700 and 737-800 equipped with a short-field design package.
- During 1964 the first Flight Service Specialists were hired to man the radio at the Peace River Airport.
- The furthest airport from Peace River Airport (YPE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,144 miles (16,325 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Northern Air is based at the airport and provides scheduled service to Edmonton, in addition to charters and air ambulance.
- Peace River Airport (YPE) currently has only 1 runway.
- A New Terminal building was opened September 8, 1984.
- The closest airport to Peace River Airport (YPE) is Donnelly Airport (YOE), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SSE of YPE.
Facts about Cardiff Airport (CWL):
- 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.
- Cardiff Airport has also had several problems with wild fly-grazing horses around the airfield and the Redwings Sanctuary in Norfolk were needed to assist in the rescue of 23 unclaimed horses that had been left on the site.
- 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 2006 the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair withdrew from the airport ending 5 years of service on the Cardiff to Dublin route daily.
- 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.
- Cardiff Airport handled 1,072,062 passengers last year.
- Also in 1952 Aer Lingus started a service to Dublin.
- In addition to being known as "Cardiff Airport", another name for CWL is "Maes Awyr Caerdydd".