Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Anvik, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Anvik Airport (ANV), Anvik, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,612 miles (or 15,469 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 Anvik 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 Anvik 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: | ANV / PANV |
Airport Name: | Anvik Airport |
Location: | Anvik, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°38'48"N by 160°11'26"W |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 309 feet (94 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ANV |
More Information: | ANV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):
- 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 is the newest permanent airfield in the 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.
- 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 of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.
Facts about Anvik Airport (ANV):
- The furthest airport from Anvik Airport (ANV) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,455 miles (16,825 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
- Because of Anvik Airport's relatively low elevation of 309 feet, planes can take off or land at Anvik 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.
- The closest airport to Anvik Airport (ANV) is Grayling Airport (KGX), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) NNE of ANV.
- Anvik Airport (ANV) currently has only 1 runway.