Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Culiacán International Airport (CUL), Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,065 miles (or 9,761 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 Culiacán 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 Culiacán International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):

• Flights are planned to Saint Helena when a new airport there opens in 2016.
• Currently located at Mount Pleasant are No.
• 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 the newest permanent airfield in the Royal Air Force.
• 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 closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.

Facts about Culiacán International Airport (CUL):

• In addition to being known as "Culiacán International Airport", another name for CUL is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán".
• In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.
• The closest airport to Culiacán International Airport (CUL) is Los Mochis International Airport (LMM), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) WNW of CUL.
• Because of Culiacán International Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Culiacán 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.
• The General Aviation Terminal is located next to the Main Terminal.
• The furthest airport from Culiacán International Airport (CUL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,757 miles (18,920 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport, being the most important domestic gateway in the state of Sinaloa, and the second on international operations after Mazatlán International Airport, second before Los Mochis International Airport has undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system.
• Culiacán International Airport (CUL) currently has only 1 runway.