Nonstop flight route between Poplar River, Manitoba, Canada and Wallis and Futuna Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Poplar River Airport (XPP), Poplar River, Manitoba, Canada and Wallis Island (WLS), Wallis and Futuna Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,499 miles (or 10,459 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 Poplar River Airport and Wallis Island, 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 Poplar River Airport and Wallis Island. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Poplar River Airport (XPP):

• The closest airport to Poplar River Airport (XPP) is Berens River Airport (YBV), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SSE of XPP.
• The furthest airport from Poplar River Airport (XPP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,376 miles (16,698 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Poplar River Airport's relatively low elevation of 727 feet, planes can take off or land at Poplar River 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.
• Poplar River Airport (XPP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Wallis Island (WLS):

• Because of Wallis Island's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallis Island 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 Wallis Island (WLS) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is located 145 miles (233 kilometers) WSW of WLS.
• The furthest airport from Wallis Island (WLS) is Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM), which is nearly antipodal to Wallis Island (meaning Wallis Island is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diori Hamani International Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,837 kilometers) away in Niamey, Niger.
• Rainfall is 2500–3000 mm per year in 4000 to Wallis and Futuna mm.
• The King also appoints, on proposition of the populations, three chiefs for each district.
• After a referendum in 1959, Wallis became a French Overseas Territory in 1961.
• During World War II the island's administration was pro-Vichy until a Free French corvette from New Caledonia deposed the regime on 26 May 1942.