Nonstop flight route between Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia and Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL), Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,572 miles (or 15,404 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 Sioux Lookout 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 Sioux Lookout 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):

• 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 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 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.
• The name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
• When Price died in 1889 the immediate 8,000-hectare area of the Pound was separated from the main run and leased separately.

Facts about Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL):

• Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL) is Dryden Regional Airport (YHD), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) WSW of YXL.
• The furthest airport from Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,673 miles (17,176 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.