Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Pardubice, Czech Republic:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Pardubice Airport (PED), Pardubice, Czech Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,264 miles (or 13,300 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 Pardubice 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 Pardubice 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: | PED / LKPD |
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Location: | Pardubice, Czech Republic |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°0'47"N by 15°44'18"E |
Area Served: | Pardubice, Czech Republic |
Operator/Owner: | EBA a. s. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 741 feet (226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PED |
More Information: | PED Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):
- Flights are planned to Saint Helena when a new airport there opens in 2016.
- RAF Mount Pleasant is the newest permanent airfield in the Royal Air Force.
- Flights of Phantoms were rotated through the airfield until 1992 when they were replaced with Tornado F3s.
- There is also a Joint Communications Unit providing the electronic warfare and command and control systems for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
- The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.
- Mount Pleasant was opened by Prince Andrew on 12 May 1985, becoming fully operational the following year.
- 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.
Facts about Pardubice Airport (PED):
- Pardubice Airport is a military airport permitted to handle international civil air traffic in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic.
- Because of Pardubice Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Pardubice 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 closest airport to Pardubice Airport (PED) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) WNW of PED.
- In addition to being known as "Pardubice Airport", another name for PED is "Letiště Pardubice".
- The first flying club in the Czech lands was founded in Pardubice on 26 April 1911.
- Since 1950 the airport was used only for the military.
- The furthest airport from Pardubice Airport (PED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Pardubice Airport (PED) currently has only 1 runway.
- Pardubice Airport handled 125 passengers last year.