Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Chulman, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), Chulman, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,060 miles (or 19,409 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 Chulman Neryungri 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 Chulman Neryungri Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between MPN and NER makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between RAF Mount Pleasant and Chulman Neryungri Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between MPN and NER are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Falkland Islands and Chulman, Russia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between MPN and NER!

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Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):

• 33 Engineer Regiment provides constant support and is part of the Joint Service Falkland Islands Detachment which consists of RAF and RLC EOD teams.
• Currently located at Mount Pleasant are No.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of 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.
• Using the IATA airport code MPN, RAF Mount Pleasant also acts as the Falkland Islands' only international airport, along with its military role.
• RAF Mount Pleasant is the newest permanent airfield in the Royal Air Force.

Facts about Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER):

• The closest airport to Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is Tynda Sigikta (TYD), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) S of NER.
• The furthest airport from Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is nearly antipodal to Chulman Neryungri Airport (meaning Chulman Neryungri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Mount Pleasant), and is located 12,060 miles (19,409 kilometers) away in Falkland Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Chulman Neryungri Airport", another name for NER is "Аэропорт Нерюнгри(Чульман)".
• Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) currently has only 1 runway.