Nonstop flight route between Amery, Wisconsin, United States and Diomede, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Amery Municipal Airport (AHH), Amery, Wisconsin, United States and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,065 miles (or 4,932 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 Amery Municipal Airport and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2), 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 Amery Municipal Airport and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AHH / KAHH |
Airport Name: | Amery Municipal Airport |
Location: | Amery, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°16'51"N by 92°22'31"W |
Area Served: | Amery, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | City of Amery |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1088 feet (332 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AHH |
More Information: | AHH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIO / |
Airport Name: | Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) |
Location: | Diomede, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°45'29"N by 168°57'6"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from DIO |
More Information: | DIO Maps & Info |
Facts about Amery Municipal Airport (AHH):
- Amery Municipal Airport covers an area of 218 acres at an elevation of 1,088 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Amery Municipal Airport (AHH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,789 miles (17,363 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Amery Municipal Airport (AHH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Amery Municipal Airport (AHH) is New Richmond Regional Airport (RNH), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SW of AHH.
Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO):
- According to traveler John Muir, on his visit to Diomede Islands in 1880s they found the natives eager to trade away everything they had.
- The island's only school, and likely the most isolated school in the United States, the Diomede School has grades from Pre-K through 12 and approximately 40 students and 5 teachers.
- The furthest airport from Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,411 miles (16,755 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- According to Arthur Ahkinga, who lived on Little Diomede island at the turn of the 1940s, the Iñupiat on the island made their living by hunting and carving ivory which they traded or sold.
- Because of Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2)'s relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) 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 current location of the city, which is believed to be at least 3,000 years old by some archaeologists, was originally a spring hunting campsite and the early explorers from the west found the Iñupiat at Diomede had an advanced culture including their elaborate whale hunting ceremonies.
- An electric system was built on the island in the 1970s and electricity is provided by city-operated Diomede Joint Utilities.
- The first non-native to reach the Diomede Islands was a Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnev in 1648.
- As of the census of 2000, there were 146 people, 43 households, and 31 families residing in the city.
- The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
- Water for winter use is drawn from a mountain spring, then treated and stored in 434,000-U.S.-gallon storage tanks.