Nonstop flight route between Aguaclara, Colombia and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aguaclara Airport (ACL), Aguaclara, Colombia and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,678 miles (or 15,575 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 Aguaclara Airport and Wilpena Pound, 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 Aguaclara Airport and Wilpena Pound. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aguaclara Airport (ACL):

• The closest airport to Aguaclara Airport (ACL) is El Alcaraván Airport (EYP), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) NE of ACL.
• The furthest airport from Aguaclara Airport (ACL) is Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), which is nearly antipodal to Aguaclara Airport (meaning Aguaclara Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport), and is located 12,338 miles (19,857 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• The peaks are very rugged, and thick scrub and timber inside the pound can make navigation difficult.
• 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.
• The name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
• 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.