Nonstop flight route between Fontanges, Quebec, Canada and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fontages Airport (YFG), Fontanges, Quebec, Canada and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,282 miles (or 16,546 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 Fontages 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 Fontages 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 Fontages Airport (YFG):

• The furthest airport from Fontages Airport (YFG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,015 miles (17,726 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Fontages Airport (YFG) is La Grande-4 Airport (YAH), which is located 115 miles (186 kilometers) WSW of YFG.
• In addition to being known as "Fontages Airport", another name for YFG is "CTU2".
• Fontages Airport (YFG) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Wilpena Pound (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 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.
• The closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• Point Bonney was named after the Crown Commissioner of Lands Charles Bonney, while Rawnsley's Bluff is named after the surveyor H.C.
• Wilpena Pound is a natural amphitheatre of mountains located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park.
• The peaks are very rugged, and thick scrub and timber inside the pound can make navigation difficult.