Nonstop flight route between Sandusky, Ohio, United States and Falkland Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Griffing Sandusky Airport (SKY), Sandusky, Ohio, United States and RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Falkland Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,605 miles (or 10,630 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 Griffing Sandusky 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 Griffing Sandusky 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 Griffing Sandusky Airport (SKY):

• The furthest airport from Griffing Sandusky Airport (SKY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,339 miles (18,249 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Griffing Sandusky Airport (SKY) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Griffing Sandusky Airport (SKY) is Lorain County Regional Airport (LPR), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of SKY.
• Because of Griffing Sandusky Airport's relatively low elevation of 580 feet, planes can take off or land at Griffing Sandusky 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.
• Griffing Flying Service offered scheduled passenger service to Sandusky until December, 2013.

Facts about RAF Mount Pleasant (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.
• There is also a Joint Communications Unit providing the electronic warfare and command and control systems for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
• A flight of Westland Sea King helicopters for support and search and rescue has been located at Mount Pleasant since November 2007.
• 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.
• RAF Mount Pleasant is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.