Nonstop flight route between Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,514 miles (or 15,311 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 Jabalpur Domestic Airport 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 Jabalpur Domestic Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR):

• Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) is Khajuraho Airport (HJR), which is located 80 miles (128 kilometers) N of JLR.
• The Airport Authority of India announced that the airport required 500 hectares of land, and the Madhya Pradesh government has allocated the land for the development.
• The furthest airport from Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,798 miles (18,988 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The airport is spread over an area of 310.22 acres.
• In addition to being known as "Jabalpur Domestic Airport", other names for JLR include "जबलपुर डोमेस्टिक एयरपोर्ट" and "Jabalapura ḍōmēsṭika ēyarapōrṭa".
• The Central Command, Lucknow has asked for land near the airport to build an airbase and radar station because Jabalpur has large number of military and defence settlements and the largest cantonment in Central India.

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.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.