Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Leonora, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Leonora Airport (LNO), Leonora, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,046 miles (or 1,683 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 relatively short distance between Wilpena Pound and Leonora Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | LNO / YLEO |
Airport Name: | Leonora Airport |
Location: | Leonora, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°52'41"S by 121°18'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | Shire of Leonora |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1217 feet (371 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LNO |
More Information: | LNO Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):
- Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
- The Pound is a very popular area for bushwalking, interesting to people of all levels of experience.
- 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.
Facts about Leonora Airport (LNO):
- Leonora Airport (LNO) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Leonora Airport (LNO) is Murrin Murrin Airport (WUI), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) ENE of LNO.
- The furthest airport from Leonora Airport (LNO) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Leonora Airport (meaning Leonora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,007 miles (19,323 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.