Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Pembina, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Pembina Municipal Airport (PMB), Pembina, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,339 miles (or 15,029 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 Pembina Municipal 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 Pembina Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• After the immense labour of constructing a road through the torturous Wilpena Gap, they built a small homestead inside the Pound, which still stands today, and cleared some open patches in the thick scrub of the interior.
• 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 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.
• Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.

Facts about Pembina Municipal Airport (PMB):

• The closest airport to Pembina Municipal Airport (PMB) is Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of PMB.
• Pembina Municipal Airport (PMB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Pembina Municipal Airport (PMB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,489 miles (16,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Pembina Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 795 feet, planes can take off or land at Pembina Municipal 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.