Nonstop flight route between Muscatine, Iowa, United States and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT), Muscatine, Iowa, United States and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,632 miles (or 15,501 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 Muscatine Municipal 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 Muscatine Municipal 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 Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT):

• The furthest airport from Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,919 miles (17,572 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Muscatine Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 547 feet, planes can take off or land at Muscatine Municipal Airport 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.
• Muscatine Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located five miles southwest of the central business district of Muscatine, a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States.
• The closest airport to Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT) is Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of MUT.
• Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT) has 2 runways.

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