Nonstop flight route between Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK), Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,151 miles (or 16,336 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK):

• The furthest airport from Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,887 miles (19,129 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport's relatively low elevation of 155 feet, planes can take off or land at Enniskillen/St Angelo 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.
• The military occupation of St Angelo came to a close in March 1996 when the temporary accommodation buildings were demolished, since when St Angelo airfield has been in use as a civilian facility.
• The closest airport to Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Sligo Airport (SXL), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of ENK.
• Scheduled passenger flights have, in the past, operated from this airport, but these have ceased since 2006.
• Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport", another name for ENK is "St Angelo".

Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• 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.
• 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 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 closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• 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.
• 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.