Nonstop flight route between Herlong, California, United States and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip (AHC), Herlong, California, United States and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,135 miles (or 13,092 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 Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip 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 Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip 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 Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip (AHC):

• Because of Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip's high elevation of 4,012 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AHC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AHC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip (AHC) is Susanville Municipal Airport (SVE), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of AHC.
• Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip (AHC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Amedee Army AirfieldReno Army Air Base Auxiliary Flight Strip (AHC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,148 miles (17,941 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Amedee Army Airfield is a military use airport located nine nautical miles north of the central business district of Herlong, in Lassen County, California, United States.

Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• When Price died in 1889 the immediate 8,000-hectare area of the Pound was separated from the main run and leased separately.
• The name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• 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.
• 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.