Nonstop flight route between Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Bujumbura, Burundi:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Port Stanley Airport (PSY), Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), Bujumbura, Burundi would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,914 miles (or 9,517 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 Port Stanley Airport and Bujumbura International 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 Port Stanley Airport and Bujumbura International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Port Stanley Airport (PSY):

• The closest airport to Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of PSY.
• Port Stanley Airport (PSY) has 2 runways.
• Port Stanley Airport is a STOLport in the Falkland Islands, two miles outside the capital, Stanley.
• In 1973, the United Kingdom signed a Communications Agreement with Argentina to fund an airstrip on the islands.
• On May 1, 1982, the Royal Air Force bombed the airport in Operation Black Buck and several other raids were carried out by embarked Harriers.
• The Royal Air Force also used the airport for flights to supply and reinforce the British military garrison when necessary.
• The furthest airport from Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE), which is nearly antipodal to Port Stanley Airport (meaning Port Stanley Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mohe Gulian Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Mohe, Heilongjiang, China.
• Because of Port Stanley Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Stanley 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.
• In 1985, RAF Mount Pleasant opened and in April 1986 Port Stanley Airport returned to civilian use.
• Prior to 1972, there was no airport in the Falkland Islands with a paved runway, and all trips to the islands had to be undertaken by boat.

Facts about Bujumbura International Airport (BJM):

• In addition to being known as "Bujumbura International Airport", another name for BJM is "Aéroport international de Bujumbura".
• The furthest airport from Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,967 miles (19,260 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bujumbura International Airport handled 177,642 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Gitega Airport (GID), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of BJM.