Getting Around Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands Airport information
RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN)
Approximate taxi fare: £87 FKP
The Falkland Islands have only one town, its capital Stanley. The airport serving it, RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN; the RAF in its name stands for "Royal Air Force"), is 27 miles to the west. It receives a Saturday flight on LAN Chile from Santiago via Puerto Arenas and twice-weekly military flights open to civilians from the UK, with a stop on another distant British possession, Ascension Island. The airport remains a military base. (Prince William served a stint there in early 2012.) Cruise ships often stop here, too.
Approximate taxi fare: £87 FKP
The Falkland Islands have only one town, its capital Stanley. The airport serving it, RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN; the RAF in its name stands for "Royal Air Force"), is 27 miles to the west. It receives a Saturday flight on LAN Chile from Santiago via Puerto Arenas and twice-weekly military flights open to civilians from the UK, with a stop on another distant British possession, Ascension Island. The airport remains a military base. (Prince William served a stint there in early 2012.) Cruise ships often stop here, too.
