Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and El Bagre, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (EBG), El Bagre, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,219 miles (or 6,789 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 El Bagre Airport El Tomin 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 RAF Mount Pleasant and El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):

• Flights of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.
• On 10 November 2011, it was announced that Prince William would be serving as a Sea King pilot on the station for six weeks during February and March 2012.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
• 33 Engineer Regiment provides constant support and is part of the Joint Service Falkland Islands Detachment which consists of RAF and RLC EOD teams.
• The British government felt that Stanley airfield was not the best option for a large, permanent station and decided to construct a new RAF station and make it the centrepiece of considerably strengthened air defences for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Facts about El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (EBG):

• Because of El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport's relatively low elevation of 180 feet, planes can take off or land at El Bagre Airport El Tomin 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.
• El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (EBG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (EBG) is Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), which is nearly antipodal to El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (meaning El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport), and is located 12,294 miles (19,785 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport (EBG) is Caucasia Airport Juan H. White Airport (CAQ), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NW of EBG.
• In addition to being known as "El Bagre Airport El Tomin Airport", another name for EBG is "Aeropuerto El Tomin".