Nonstop flight route between Guanare, Venezuela and Falkland Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guanare Airport (GUQ), Guanare, Venezuela and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,258 miles (or 6,852 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 Guanare Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant, 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 Guanare Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUQ / SVGU |
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Location: | Guanare, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°1'40"N by 69°45'15"W |
Area Served: | Guanare, Venezuela |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUQ |
More Information: | GUQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPN / EGYP |
Airport Name: | RAF Mount Pleasant |
Location: | Falkland Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°49'22"S by 58°26'49"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from MPN |
More Information: | MPN Maps & Info |
Facts about Guanare Airport (GUQ):
- The furthest airport from Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Guanare Airport (meaning Guanare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) SW of GUQ.
- Guanare Airport (GUQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Guanare Airport", another name for GUQ is "Aeropuerto Nacional Virgen de Coromoto".
Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):
- A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
- On 2 March 2012, the Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for Aerolineas Argentinas flights to Buenos Aires to replace LAN Airlines flights to Chile.
- The furthest airport from RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Mount Pleasant (meaning RAF Mount Pleasant is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mohe Gulian Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,879 kilometers) away in Mohe, Heilongjiang, China.
- There is also a Joint Communications Unit providing the electronic warfare and command and control systems for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
- Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.
- The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.