Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Millard Airport (MIQ), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,374 miles (or 15,086 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 Millard 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 Millard Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• The Browne brothers eventually won the claim for Wilpena from Bagot, and the young Henry Strong Price opened up and ran the 40,000-hectare station for them.
• 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.
• 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 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 Millard Airport (MIQ):

• Millard Airport (MIQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Millard Airport covers an area of 165 acres which contains one concrete paved runway measuring 3,801 x 75 ft.
• In addition to being known as "Millard Airport", another name for MIQ is "MLE".
• The closest airport to Millard Airport (MIQ) is Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ESE of MIQ.
• The furthest airport from Millard Airport (MIQ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,666 miles (17,165 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.