Nonstop flight route between Ogden, Utah, United States and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from OGD to HWK:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- OGD Airport Information
- HWK Airport Information
- Facts about OGD
- Facts about HWK
- Map of Nearest Airports to OGD
- List of Nearest Airports to OGD
- Map of Furthest Airports from OGD
- List of Furthest Airports from OGD
- Map of Nearest Airports to HWK
- List of Nearest Airports to HWK
- Map of Furthest Airports from HWK
- List of Furthest Airports from HWK
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD), Ogden, Utah, United States and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,561 miles (or 13,778 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 Ogden-Hinckley 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 Ogden-Hinckley Airport and Wilpena Pound. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OGD / KOGD |
Airport Name: | Ogden-Hinckley Airport |
Location: | Ogden, Utah, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°11'44"N by 112°0'47"W |
Area Served: | Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area |
Operator/Owner: | Ogden City Corporation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4473 feet (1,363 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from OGD |
More Information: | OGD Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD):
- Because of Ogden-Hinckley Airport's high elevation of 4,473 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OGD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OGD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,931 miles (17,591 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) has 3 runways.
- Ogden-Hinckley Airport covers an area of 720 acres at an elevation of 4,473 feet above mean sea level.
- The airfield was a filming location for the 1997 film Con Air.
- The closest airport to Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) is Hill Air Force Base (HIF), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of OGD.
Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):
- 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.
- 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 first European to see the distant mountains of the Pound was almost certainly Edward Eyre from the western plains on his first 1839 expedition to the vicinity of Lake Torrens.
- 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.