Nonstop flight route between Ocala, Florida, United States and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ocala International Airport (OCF), Ocala, Florida, United States and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,779 miles (or 9,301 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 Ocala International 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 Ocala International 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 Ocala International Airport (OCF):

• In addition to being known as "Ocala International Airport", another name for OCF is "Jim Taylor Field".
• Ocala International Airport (OCF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ocala International Airport is a city-owned public airport five miles west of Ocala, in Marion County, Florida.
• The furthest airport from Ocala International Airport (OCF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,443 miles (18,416 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Ocala International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Ocala 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 airport began in 1968 with one runway served by Eastern Airlines, one Convair a day JAX-GNV-Ocala-VRB-MIA and back.
• In 2004 a $1.3 million plan was put in motion to upgrade apron security systems.
• The closest airport to Ocala International Airport (OCF) is Leesburg International Airport (LEE), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SE of OCF.
• In May 2009 construction began on an air traffic control tower.

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.
• RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
• 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 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.
• The British government felt that Stanley airfield was not the best option for a large, permanent station and decided to construct a new RAF station and make it the centrepiece of considerably strengthened air defences for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.