Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Jeju, South Korea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Jeju International Airport (CJU), Jeju, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,148 miles (or 17,940 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 Jeju International 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 Jeju International 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: | CJU / RKPC |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Jeju, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°30'41"N by 126°29'35"E |
Area Served: | Jeju Island |
Operator/Owner: | Korea Airports Corporation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 118 feet (36 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CJU |
More Information: | CJU Maps & Info |
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.
- RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
- Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.
- The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
- Currently located at Mount Pleasant are No.
- 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.
- On 2 April 2012, an Uruguayan air company, Air Class Líneas Aéreas, gained permission from the Uruguayan Ministry of Defence to start a commercial flight to the Falkland Islands.
- The British government felt that Stanley airfield was not the best option for a large, permanent station and decided to construct a new RAF station and make it the centrepiece of considerably strengthened air defences for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
- A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
Facts about Jeju International Airport (CJU):
- The closest airport to Jeju International Airport (CJU) is Jeongseok / Jungseok Airport (JDG), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of CJU.
- Jeju International Airport is the 2nd largest airport in South Korea, just behind Incheon Airport in Incheon.
- In addition to being known as "Jeju International Airport", other names for CJU include "제주국제공항 濟州國際空港", "Jeju Gukje Gonghang" and "Cheju Kukche Konghang".
- Jeju International Airport handled 20,055,238 passengers last year.
- Jeju International Airport serves many mainland destinations in South Korea, as well as international destinations in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.
- The furthest airport from Jeju International Airport (CJU) is Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT), which is nearly antipodal to Jeju International Airport (meaning Jeju International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Treinta y Tres Airport), and is located 12,384 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay.
- Jeju International Airport (CJU) has 2 runways.
- Because of Jeju International Airport's relatively low elevation of 118 feet, planes can take off or land at Jeju 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.