Nonstop flight route between Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO), Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,419 miles (or 15,159 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 Gods Lake Narrows 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 Gods Lake Narrows 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 Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO):

• Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) is Gods River Airport (ZGI), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of YGO.
• The furthest airport from Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,421 miles (16,771 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Gods Lake Narrows Airport's relatively low elevation of 616 feet, planes can take off or land at Gods Lake Narrows 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.

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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The name of the Pound, Wilpena, is reported to be Aboriginal, meaning "place of bent fingers".