Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Cooch Behar, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Cooch Behar Airport (COH), Cooch Behar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,146 miles (or 8,281 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 Wilpena Pound and Cooch Behar Airport, 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 Wilpena Pound and Cooch Behar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HWK / YHAW |
Airport Name: | Wilpena Pound |
Location: | Hawker, South Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°33'32"S by 138°34'26"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HWK |
More Information: | HWK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COH / VECO |
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Location: | Cooch Behar, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°30'0"N by 89°40'0"E |
Area Served: | Cooch Behar |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 138 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from COH |
More Information: | COH Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):
- Attempts at farming the Pound failed during the early 20th century.
- The first European to see the distant mountains of the Pound was almost certainly Edward Eyre from the western plains on his first 1839 expedition to the vicinity of Lake Torrens.
- Because of Wilpena Pound's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilpena Pound 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.
- When Price died in 1889 the immediate 8,000-hectare area of the Pound was separated from the main run and leased separately.
- The furthest airport from Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,642 miles (18,736 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- The Pound is a very popular area for bushwalking, interesting to people of all levels of experience.
- The wall of mountains almost completely encircles the gently-sloping interior of the Pound, with the only breaks being the gorge at Wilpena Gap and a high saddle in the south-western range over which the Heysen Trail passes.
- The Browne brothers eventually won the claim for Wilpena from Bagot, and the young Henry Strong Price opened up and ran the 40,000-hectare station for them.
- The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
Facts about Cooch Behar Airport (COH):
- Because of Cooch Behar Airport's relatively low elevation of 138 feet, planes can take off or land at Cooch Behar 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.
- Cooch Behar Airport (COH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cooch Behar Airport (COH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,260 miles (18,121 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Cooch Behar Airport", other names for COH include "কোচবিহার বিমানবন্দর" and "Cooch Behar".
- The closest airport to Cooch Behar Airport (COH) is Rupsi Airport (RUP), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of COH.