Nonstop flight route between Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro, Argentina and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB), Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro, Argentina and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,091 miles (or 11,412 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 Ingeniero Jacobacci 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 Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport and Wilpena Pound. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB):

• Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB) is Maquinchao Airport (MQD), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of IGB.
• The furthest airport from Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB) is Baotou Airport (BAV), which is nearly antipodal to Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (meaning Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Baotou Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.

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.
• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of 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.
• Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
• In an attempt to sort out their conflicting claims over the pastoral lease, Bonney and Surveyor-General Henry Freeling employed H.C.