Nonstop flight route between Manville, New Jersey, United States and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI), Manville, New Jersey, United States and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,454 miles (or 10,387 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 Central Jersey Regional 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 Central Jersey Regional 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 Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI):

• Because of Central Jersey Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Central Jersey Regional 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.
• In addition to being known as "Central Jersey Regional Airport", another name for JVI is "47N".
• For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2008, the airport had 24,300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 66 per day.
• Central Jersey Regional Airport covers an area of 119 acres at an elevation of 86 feet above mean sea level.
• Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI) is Princeton Airport (PCT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of JVI.
• The furthest airport from Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,736 miles (18,887 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

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.
• 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.
• 33 Engineer Regiment provides constant support and is part of the Joint Service Falkland Islands Detachment which consists of RAF and RLC EOD teams.
• Flights of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.