Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,447 miles (or 2,329 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 relatively short distance between RAF Mount Pleasant and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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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.
• Flights of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.
• Using the IATA airport code MPN, RAF Mount Pleasant also acts as the Falkland Islands' only international airport, along with its military role.
• 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.
• Flights are planned to Saint Helena when a new airport there opens in 2016.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
• 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.

Facts about Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR):

• Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG), which is nearly antipodal to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (meaning Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Anqing Tianzhushan Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Anqing, Anhui, China.
• The closest airport to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) NW of COR.
• Cordoba is currently Argentina's 3rd largest airport, after Ministro Pistarini International Airport and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, both of which are located in Buenos Aires.
• In addition to being known as "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport", another name for COR is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Córdoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella"".