Nonstop flight route between McCall, Idaho, United States and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McCall Municipal Airport (MYL), McCall, Idaho, United States and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,510 miles (or 12,086 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 McCall Municipal Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant, 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 McCall Municipal Airport and RAF Mount Pleasant. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about McCall Municipal Airport (MYL):

• The closest airport to McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) is Ontario Municipal Airport (ONO), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SW of MYL.
• The airport was the site of a fatal crash on May 2, 2008, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach and exploded, resulting in three deaths.
• McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of McCall Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,024 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MYL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MYL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,771 miles (17,333 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):

• 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 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.
• 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 closest airport to RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ENE of MPN.