Nonstop flight route between Mayo, Yukon, Canada and Hawker, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mayo Airport (YMA), Mayo, Yukon, Canada and Wilpena Pound (HWK), Hawker, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,020 miles (or 12,907 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 Mayo 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 Mayo 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 Mayo Airport (YMA):

• The furthest airport from Mayo Airport (YMA) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,241 miles (16,482 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Mayo Airport (YMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mayo Airport (YMA) is Dawson City Airport (YDA), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) WNW of YMA.

Facts about Wilpena Pound (HWK):

• 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 peaks are very rugged, and thick scrub and timber inside the pound can make navigation difficult.
• The Pound is a very popular area for bushwalking, interesting to people of all levels of experience.
• 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 closest airport to Wilpena Pound (HWK) is Leigh Creek Airport (LGH), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) N of HWK.
• 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.
• 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.