Nonstop flight route between Guilin, Guangxi, China and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL), Guilin, Guangxi, China and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,501 miles (or 16,900 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 Guilin Liangjiang International 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 Guilin Liangjiang International Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL):

• Guilin Liangjiang International Airport handled 5,489,481 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) SSW of KWL.
• In 2010, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport was the 29th busiest airport in China with 5,259,260 passengers.
• The furthest airport from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), which is nearly antipodal to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (meaning Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in El Salvador, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Guilin Liangjiang International Airport", other names for KWL include "Gveilinz Unggyangh Gozci Gihcangz桂林两江国际机场" and "Guìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Because of Guilin Liangjiang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 571 feet, planes can take off or land at Guilin Liangjiang International 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.
• Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (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.
• RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
• A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
• Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.