# Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN / EGYP)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyp

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MPN / EGYP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: British Forces South Atlantic Islands
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands
- Opened: 1985
- Elevation: 74 m / 244 ft
- Coordinates: -51.8226, -58.4458
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,590 m / 8,497 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · Atlantic/Stanley
- Website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/mount-pleasant-complex/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mount_Pleasant (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2071294
- Weather station: EGYP · WMO 88889
- Ident: EGYP

## Timeline

- 1985: Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,590 m / 8,497 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |
| 05/23 | 1,525 m / 5,003 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [RGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sawg.md) Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport · Argentina · 748 km / 465 mi · LATAM Chile
- [PUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scci.md) President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport · Chile · 851 km / 529 mi · LATAM Chile
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 2,277 km / 1,415 mi · LATAM Chile

### Cargo (1)

- [PSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sfal.md) Port Stanley Airport · Falkland Islands · 48 km / 30 mi · FIGAS

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MPN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- 9L [AirTanker Services Limited](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airtanker-services-limited)

### Passenger (1)

- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 3

### Cargo (1)

- [FIGAS](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/figas) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,590 m / 8,497 ft | =2,164 of 29,858 | #119 in South America | #1 in FK |
| Elevation | 74 m / 244 ft | =32,833 of 43,403 | #7,518 in South America | #1 in FK |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =132 in South America | #2 in FK |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =1 in FK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.500 |
| ARR | ISLAND RDR | 131.500 |
| GND | GND | 130.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 133.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [FK-0022](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fk-0022.md) Lively Island Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [FK-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fk-0005.md) Goose Green Airfield · 37 km / 23 mi
- [FK-0024](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fk-0024.md) Douglas Station Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [FK-0020](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fk-0020.md) Salvador Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [PSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sfal.md) Port Stanley Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [FK-0027](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fk-0027.md) Bleaker Island Airport · 49 km / 30 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “RAF Mount Pleasant”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mount_Pleasant&oldid=1373388122), revision of 5 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyp/data