Nonstop flight route between Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Kasigluk, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Port Stanley Airport (PSY), Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom and Kasigluk Airport (KUK), Kasigluk, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,650 miles (or 15,529 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 Kasigluk 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 Kasigluk 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):

• During the war the Argentines also heavily mined Yorke Bay to the north of the airport and Surf/Rookery Bays to the southeast with minimum metal mines under the presumption the British would attempt an amphibious landing on the east coast of East Falkland to quickly recapture both the airfield and Stanley in one fell swoop.
• After the war, the Royal Air Force took over the airport, renaming it RAF Stanley.
• In 1985, RAF Mount Pleasant opened and in April 1986 Port Stanley Airport returned to civilian use.
• Port Stanley Airport (PSY) has 2 runways.
• In 1973, the United Kingdom signed a Communications Agreement with Argentina to fund an airstrip on the islands.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of PSY.
• The Falkland Islands Government Air Service operates internal flights within the Falkland Islands from the airport.
• 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.

Facts about Kasigluk Airport (KUK):

• The closest airport to Kasigluk Airport (KUK) is Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) NE of KUK.
• Kasigluk Airport (KUK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kasigluk Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Kasigluk 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 furthest airport from Kasigluk Airport (KUK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,577 miles (17,022 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Kasigluk Airport", another name for KUK is "Z09".