Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Wuhai Airport (WUA), Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,348 miles (or 18,262 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 Wuhai 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 Wuhai Airport. 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: | WUA / ZBUH |
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Location: | Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°47'30"N by 106°48'11"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from WUA |
More Information: | WUA Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- RAF Mount Pleasant has a wide range of social and sporting facilities including a gym, swimming pool, golf course, diving centre, karting, laserquest, library, cinema, bowling, climbing wall and indoor and outdoor sports pitches.
Facts about Wuhai Airport (WUA):
- In addition to being known as "Wuhai Airport", other names for WUA include "乌海机场", "Wūhǎi Jīchǎng" and "ZWUH".
- The closest airport to Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) SW of WUA.
- The furthest airport from Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Wuhai Airport (meaning Wuhai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.