Nonstop flight route between Sovetsky, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS), Sovetsky, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,219 miles (or 16,445 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 Sovetsky Tyumenskaya 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 Sovetsky Tyumenskaya 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 Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS):

• Because of Sovetsky Tyumenskaya's relatively low elevation of 351 feet, planes can take off or land at Sovetsky Tyumenskaya 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.
• Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sovetsky Tyumenskaya", other names for OVS include "tower" and "terminal".
• The closest airport to Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS) is Nyagan Airport (NYA), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) NE of OVS.
• The furthest airport from Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS) is Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ), which is located 10,678 miles (17,185 kilometers) away in Punta Arenas, Chile.

Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN):

• A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
• Additionally, every Saturday LAN Airlines operates a scheduled commercial flight to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport of the Punta Arenas city in southern Chile, stopping at Río Gallegos, Argentina once a month.
• 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.
• Flights are planned to Saint Helena when a new airport there opens in 2016.
• RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
• Currently located at Mount Pleasant are No.