Nonstop flight route between Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,823 miles (or 4,544 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG):

• Because of Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)'s relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) N of TKG.
• In addition to being known as "Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)", another name for TKG is "Bandar Udara Radin Inten II (RIA II)".
• Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Mariquita Airport (MQU), which is nearly antipodal to Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (meaning Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mariquita Airport), and is located 12,432 miles (20,007 kilometers) away in Mariquita, Tolima Department, Colombia.

Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• Although not part of the Pound, the adjacent Elder Range was named by Frederick Sinnett after the very successful Adelaide businessman, Sir Thomas Elder.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
• 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.
• The name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
• 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.