Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Béchar, Algeria:
Departure Airport:
(51°49'22"S by 58°26'49"W)
Arrival Airport:
(31°39'16"N by 2°15'40"W)
Distance from MPN to CBH:
6,693.60 miles (10,772.28 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH), Béchar, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,694 miles (or 10,772 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 Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi 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 Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi 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: | CBH / DAOR |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Béchar, Algeria |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°39'16"N by 2°15'40"W |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 2661 feet (811 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CBH |
| More Information: | CBH 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.
- Using the IATA airport code MPN, RAF Mount Pleasant also acts as the Falkland Islands' only international airport, along with its military role.
- 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.
- On 2 March 2012, the Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for Aerolineas Argentinas flights to Buenos Aires to replace LAN Airlines flights to Chile.
- 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.
- Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.
Facts about Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH):
- The furthest airport from Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH) is Kerikeri Airport (KKE), which is nearly antipodal to Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (meaning Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kerikeri Airport), and is located 12,104 miles (19,479 kilometers) away in Kerikeri, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH) is Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH), which is located 127 miles (205 kilometers) W of CBH.
- In addition to being known as "Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport", other names for CBH include "Béchar Ouakda/Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (Béchar)" and "Aéroport de Bechar "Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi"".
- Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH) has 2 runways.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 30.16 miles (48.55 km) ENE | Port Stanley Airport (PSY) | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |     |
| 2 | 411.26 miles (661.86 km) WSW | Hermes Quijada International Airport (RGA) | Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| 3 | 436.01 miles (701.69 km) NW | Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD) | Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | |
| 4 | 456.25 miles (734.26 km) WSW | Ushuaia International Airport (USH) | Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| 5 | 464.92 miles (748.22 km) W | Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL) | Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 6 | 528.53 miles (850.58 km) WSW | Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ) | Punta Arenas, Chile | |
| 7 | 556.72 miles (895.95 km) WNW | Gobernador Gregores Airport (GGS) | Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 8 | 584.36 miles (940.44 km) NW | General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) | Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 9 | 599.56 miles (964.90 km) W | Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE) | El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | |
| 10 | 601.53 miles (968.06 km) W | Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT) | Puerto Natales, Chile | |
| 11 | 609.10 miles (980.26 km) W | Lago Argentino Airport (ING) | El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 12 | 672.15 miles (1,081.72 km) WNW | Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) | Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 13 | 674.52 miles (1,085.53 km) NNW | Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) | Trelew, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 14 | 697.24 miles (1,122.10 km) WNW | Chile Chico Airfield (CCH) | Chile Chico, Aisén Region, Chile | |
| 15 | 698.92 miles (1,124.81 km) NNW | El Tehuelche Airport (PMY) | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,352.54 miles (19,879.44 km) NNW | Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE) | Mohe, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 2 | 12,240.66 miles (19,699.38 km) NNE | Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) | Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 3 | 12,225.65 miles (19,675.23 km) NW | Magdagachi (GDG) | Magdagachi, Russia | |
| 4 | 12,165.02 miles (19,577.65 km) WNW | Ignatyevo Airport (BQS) | Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia | |
| 5 | 12,163.56 miles (19,575.30 km) NNW | Tynda Sigikta (TYD) | Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia | |
| 6 | 12,161.86 miles (19,572.56 km) WNW | Heihe Airport (HEK) | Heihe, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 7 | 12,116.50 miles (19,499.57 km) NNE | Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE) | Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 8 | 12,085.27 miles (19,449.31 km) E | Chita Kadala (HTA) | Chita, Russia | |
| 9 | 12,060.10 miles (19,408.80 km) NNW | Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) | Chulman, Russia | |
| 10 | 12,047.43 miles (19,388.42 km) N | Ulanhot Airport (HLH) | Ulanhot, China | |
| 11 | 12,038.95 miles (19,374.76 km) NNW | Daqing Sartu Airport (DQA) | Daqing, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 12 | 12,038.25 miles (19,373.64 km) NE | Choibalsan Airport (COQ) | Choibalsan, Mongolia | |
| 13 | 11,958.17 miles (19,244.76 km) NNW | Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 14 | 11,944.51 miles (19,222.77 km) NNW | Aldan Airport (ADH) | Aldan, Russia | |
| 15 | 11,908.88 miles (19,165.43 km) NW | Jiamusi Dongjiao Airport (JMU) | Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 127.11 miles (204.57 km) W | Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH) | Er-Rachidia (Errachidia), Morocco | |
| 2 | 217.31 miles (349.73 km) N | Angads Airport (OUD) | Oujda, Morocco | |
| 3 | 222.59 miles (358.23 km) NW | Saïss Airport (FEZ) | Fes, Morocco | |
| 4 | 253.65 miles (408.21 km) N | Melilla Airport (MLN) | Melilla, (Spanish exclave in Morocco) | |
| 5 | 259.82 miles (418.14 km) NNW | Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) | Al Hoceima, Morocco | |
| 6 | 261.34 miles (420.59 km) NNE | Sidi Bel Abbès Airport (BFW) | Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria | |
| 7 | 278.82 miles (448.72 km) W | Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) | Ouarzazate, Morocco | |
| 8 | 282.02 miles (453.87 km) NNE | Ghriss Airport (MUW) | Ghriss, Algeria | |
| 9 | 286.32 miles (460.78 km) NNE | Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) | Oran, Algeria | |
| 10 | 289.82 miles (466.41 km) NNE | Es-Sénia – Ben Bella Airport (ORN) | Oran, Algeria | |
| 11 | 291.59 miles (469.27 km) SSE | Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport (AZR) | Adrar, Algeria | |
| 12 | 308.73 miles (496.85 km) WNW | Rabat–Salé Airport (RBA) | Rabat, Morocco | |
| 13 | 310.59 miles (499.85 km) NW | Kenitra Air Base (NNA) | Kenitra, Morocco | |
| 14 | 312.15 miles (502.35 km) ESE | El Golea Airport (ELG) | El Golea, Algeria | |
| 15 | 324.10 miles (521.58 km) NNW | Sania Ramel Airport (SII) | Sidi Ifni, Morocco | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,103.98 miles (19,479.42 km) SE | Kerikeri Airport (KKE) | Kerikeri, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 12,094.32 miles (19,463.87 km) SSE | Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) | Great Barrier Island, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 12,092.79 miles (19,461.40 km) SSE | Whangarei Airport (WRE) | Whangarei, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 12,090.65 miles (19,457.96 km) SE | Kaikohe Aerodrome (KKO) | Kaikohe, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 12,087.97 miles (19,453.66 km) SE | Kaitaia Airport (KAT) | Kaitaia, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 12,067.55 miles (19,420.80 km) SE | Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR) | Dargaville, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 12,059.73 miles (19,408.20 km) SSE | Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV) | Coromandel, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 12,036.50 miles (19,370.82 km) SSE | Thames Aerodrome (TMZ) | Thames, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 12,033.35 miles (19,365.76 km) SSE | Ardmore Airport (AMZ) | Ardmore, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 12,030.55 miles (19,361.24 km) SSE | Auckland Airport (AKL) | Mangere, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 12,011.84 miles (19,331.14 km) SSE | Tauranga Airport (TRG) | Tauranga, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 12,001.69 miles (19,314.79 km) SSE | Matamata Airport (MTA) | Matamata, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 12,001.35 miles (19,314.26 km) S | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,986.42 miles (19,290.23 km) SSE | Hamilton International Airport (HLZ) | Hamilton, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,983.63 miles (19,285.74 km) S | Rotorua International Airport (ROT) | Rotorua, New Zealand | |