Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL), Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,676 miles (or 17,181 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 Saint-Léonard Aerodrome, 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 Saint-Léonard Aerodrome. 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: | YSL / CYSL |
Airport Name: | Saint-Léonard Aerodrome |
Location: | Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°9'25"N by 67°50'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Edmundston |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 794 feet (242 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YSL |
More Information: | YSL Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):
- 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 name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
- The peaks are very rugged, and thick scrub and timber inside the pound can make navigation difficult.
- The highest peak in the Pound, also the highest of the Flinders Ranges, is St Mary Peak, on the north-eastern side.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wilpena Pound is one of the most popular sites in the Flinders Ranges for international tourists to visit the outback because of the large development that has occurred at the Wilpena Pound Resort on the eastern side of Wilpena Pound and Rawnsley Park Station on the western side.
- Wilpena Pound is a natural amphitheatre of mountains located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park.
- The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
- In an attempt to sort out their conflicting claims over the pastoral lease, Bonney and Surveyor-General Henry Freeling employed H.C.
- The area is part of the Adelaide Geosyncline.
Facts about Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL):
- Because of Saint-Léonard Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 794 feet, planes can take off or land at Saint-Léonard Aerodrome 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.
- Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) is Loring International Airport (LIZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) S of YSL.
- The furthest airport from Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,544 miles (18,578 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.