Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Bandung, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), Bandung, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,296 miles (or 13,351 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 RAF Mount Pleasant and Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA), 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 RAF Mount Pleasant and Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDO / WICC |
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Location: | Bandung, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°54'2"S by 107°34'35"E |
Area Served: | Bandung |
Operator/Owner: | PT Angkasa Pura II |
Airport Type: | Public / military |
Elevation: | 2436 feet (742 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BDO |
More Information: | BDO Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):
- Flights of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.
- Flights are planned to Saint Helena when a new airport there opens in 2016.
- The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO):
- The airport is located at the end of Pajajaran Street.
- Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) handled 1,763,867 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) is Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE), which is nearly antipodal to Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (meaning Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Los Colonizadores Airport), and is located 12,401 miles (19,957 kilometers) away in Saravena, Colombia.
- The closest airport to Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SE of BDO.
- The airport is located in the city of Bandung and is surrounded by mountains, thus the landing approach has unique characteristics.
- On the north side of the runway, there is a hangar owned by PT Dirgantara Indonesia.
- Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA)", another name for BDO is "Bandar Udara Internasional Husein Sastranegara (HSA)".