MPN

Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant

ICAO EGYP51.8226°S 58.4458°W74 m / 244 ftMedium airport
On the map

Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant (IATA: MPN, ICAO: EGYP) is a medium airport in Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands. It opened in 1985. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,590 m (8,497 ft). It is operated by British Forces South Atlantic Islands.

Timeline

1 event · 1985–1985
1985
OpenedMount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10/28105° / 285° · LIT
LENGTH2,590 m8,497 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05/23055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH1,525 m5,003 ftWIDTH23 m75 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

4 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsLATAM Chile 3FIGAS 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MPN. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “RAF Mount Pleasant” (revision of 5 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,590 m8,497 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,163of 29,823 · #119 South America · #1 FKElevation74 m244 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,782of 43,341 · #7,490 South America · #1 FKAgeOpened 19852026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,834of 15,079 · =132 South America · #2 FKRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =1 FK
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP118.500
ARRISLAND RDR131.500
GNDGND130.300
TWRTWR133.350