Nonstop flight route between Willoughby, Ohio, United States and Diomede, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN), Willoughby, Ohio, United States and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,574 miles (or 5,752 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 Willoughby Lost Nation 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 Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN):

• Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN) is Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LNN.
• Because of Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 626 feet, planes can take off or land at Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal 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.
• The furthest airport from Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,392 miles (18,334 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO):

• After the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, an interest of reuniting with families across the Bering Strait revived.
• 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 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.
• Frozen ground and lack of soil on the rocky island also prevents digging graves, but rocks are piled on top of the burial sites instead.
• 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 United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 which included the Little Diomede.
• The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• Today there are about 30 buildings on the island, including the residential housing that was mainly built in the 1970s and 1980s.