Nonstop flight route between Frenchville, Maine, United States and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK), Frenchville, Maine, United States and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,652 miles (or 17,143 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 Northern Aroostook Regional 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 Northern Aroostook Regional 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 Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK):

• The airport serves the Madawaska and Fort Kent regions and, to a lesser extent, parts of New Brunswick, Canada.
• Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,527 miles (18,551 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• No current commercial service.
• Northern Aroostook Regional Airport is a public airport located three miles east of the central business district of Frenchville, a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
• The closest airport to Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) is Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ESE of WFK.
• Because of Northern Aroostook Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 988 feet, planes can take off or land at Northern Aroostook Regional 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.
• In addition to being known as "Northern Aroostook Regional Airport", another name for WFK is "FVE".

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 name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".
• 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 Pound is a very popular area for bushwalking, interesting to people of all levels of experience.
• 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.