Visitors spending any length of time outside should always carry sufficient spare clothing to cope with these changes. On bright sunny days, a sunblock cream should always be used as the combination of sun and wind quickly burns exposed skin. From September to April Stanley clocks move forward one hour to Falklands Summer Time. In some Camp settlements clocks are one hour behind Stanley time during the Summer. The Tri-Star flight takes 18 hours via Ascension Island for refuelling.
Civilian seats are limited so it is advisable to make bookings well in advance.
A weekly Lan Chile return flight from Santiago to Mount Pleasant Airport via Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas departs Santiago Saturday morning and arrives MPA Saturday afternoon. The return flight leaves MPA Saturday afternoon and arrives Santiago Saturday evening. There are excellent connections form Santiago to major cities in Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand, by Lan Chile or other airlines. Air travel around the Falklands is by nine seater aircraft which call at the numerous settlements and offshore islands. Visitors are advised not to drive overland without a local guide as there are few roads and it is easy to become lost or stuck in boggy ground.