Nonstop flight route between Falkland Islands and Voronezh, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands and Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye (VOZ), Voronezh, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,119 miles (or 14,676 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 Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye, 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 Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye. 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):

• 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 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of 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.
• A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
• 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.

Facts about Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye (VOZ):

• The furthest airport from Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye (VOZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,711 miles (17,238 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye (VOZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye's relatively low elevation of 515 feet, planes can take off or land at Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye 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.
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• In addition to being known as "Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye", another name for VOZ is "Международный аэропорт Воронеж-Чертовицкое".
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• The closest airport to Voronezh International Airport Chertovitskoye (VOZ) is Lipetsk Airport (LPK), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NNE of VOZ.