Nonstop flight route between May Creek, Alaska, United States and Diomede, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between May Creek Airport (MYK), May Creek, Alaska, United States and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 856 miles (or 1,378 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 relatively short distance between May Creek Airport and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MYK / |
Airport Name: | May Creek Airport |
Location: | May Creek, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 61°20'8"N by 142°41'12"W |
Area Served: | May Creek, Alaska |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1650 feet (503 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MYK |
More Information: | MYK 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 May Creek Airport (MYK):
- The furthest airport from May Creek Airport (MYK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,477 miles (16,861 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to May Creek Airport (MYK) is McCarthy Airport (MXY), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NW of MYK.
- May Creek Airport (MYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 28 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 18 enplanements in 2009, and 8 in 2010.
Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO):
- Despite being separated by the new border after the Alaska purchase in 1867, Big Diomede had been home to families now living on Little Diomede and the people living on the American side of the border were very close relatives to those living on the Russian side.
- The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
- 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.
- An electric system was built on the island in the 1970s and electricity is provided by city-operated Diomede Joint Utilities.
- At the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s Big Diomede became a Russian military base and all its native residents were removed to mainland Russia.
- There is no hospital on the island and emergency services are limited due to the remoteness of the island.
- 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.
- Today there are about 30 buildings on the island, including the residential housing that was mainly built in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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.
- The school year 1953–1954 in Little Diomede Island was adapted to better serve the local needs.