Nonstop flight route between Bandung, Indonesia and Falkland Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), Bandung, Indonesia and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands 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 Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) 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 Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) 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: | 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 |
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 Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO):
- The Bandung Air Show 2010 took place as a major event for the first time at the airport on September 2010, bringing international aviation audiences.
- The airport is located in the city of Bandung and is surrounded by mountains, thus the landing approach has unique characteristics.
- 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)".
- 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.
- PT Angkasa Pura II, as the airport operator, had targeted at mid-year 2010, for the airport runway to be thickened from Pavement Classification Number 37 cm to PCN 52 cm, to accommodate larger narrowbody aircraft, such as Airbus A320 As of April 2011, the 2,250-metre-long runway overlay was less than 50-percent complete, although an Airbus A320.
- Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) handled 1,763,867 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SE of BDO.
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.
- 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.
- Additionally, every Saturday LAN Airlines operates a scheduled commercial flight to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport of the Punta Arenas city in southern Chile, stopping at Río Gallegos, Argentina once a month.
- 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.
- After the surrender of the Argentine ground forces on the islands, the British still faced the problem of potential Argentine air attacks from Argentina, so an aircraft carrier had to remain on station to guard the islands with its squadron of Sea Harriers until the local airfield was prepared for jet aircraft.
- RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
- The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
- Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.