Nonstop flight route between Hibbing, Minnesota, United States and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Range Regional Airport (HIB), Hibbing, Minnesota, United States and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,546 miles (or 15,363 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 Range Regional 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 Range Regional Airport and Wilpena Pound. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIB / KHIB |
Airport Name: | Range Regional Airport |
Location: | Hibbing, Minnesota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°23'12"N by 92°50'20"W |
Area Served: | Hibbing, Minnesota |
Operator/Owner: | Chisholm-Hibbing Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1354 feet (413 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIB |
More Information: | HIB Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Range Regional Airport (HIB):
- The furthest airport from Range Regional Airport (HIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,717 miles (17,247 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On December 1, 1993, Northwest Airlink Flight 5719, crashed while on approach to Chisholm-Hibbing Airport.
- Range Regional Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Hibbing, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
- Range Regional Airport (HIB) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Range Regional Airport (HIB) is Grand Rapids - Itasca County Airport (GPZ), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of HIB.
Facts about Wilpena Pound (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.
- Although not part of the Pound, the adjacent Elder Range was named by Frederick Sinnett after the very successful Adelaide businessman, Sir Thomas Elder.
- 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.
- When Price died in 1889 the immediate 8,000-hectare area of the Pound was separated from the main run and leased separately.
- 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.