Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Halali, Namibia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Halali Airport (HAL), Halali, Namibia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,250 miles (or 11,667 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 Halali Airport, 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 Halali Airport. 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: | HAL / FYHI |
Airport Name: | Halali Airport |
Location: | Halali, Namibia |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°1'53"S by 16°27'29"E |
Area Served: | Halali |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3640 feet (1,109 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HAL |
More Information: | HAL Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):
- 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 Pound is a very popular area for bushwalking, interesting to people of all levels of experience.
- 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.
- Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
- 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.
Facts about Halali Airport (HAL):
- The furthest airport from Halali Airport (HAL) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Halali Airport (meaning Halali Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,118 miles (19,502 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Halali Airport (HAL) is Grootfontein Airport (GFY), which is located 115 miles (186 kilometers) ESE of HAL.
- Halali Airport (HAL) currently has only 1 runway.