Nonstop flight route between Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia and Diomede, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coondewanna Airport (CJF), Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,180 miles (or 11,555 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 Coondewanna 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 Coondewanna 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 Coondewanna Airport (CJF):

• The closest airport to Coondewanna Airport (CJF) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NE of CJF.
• The furthest airport from Coondewanna Airport (CJF) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Coondewanna Airport (meaning Coondewanna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• Coondewanna Airport (CJF) currently has only 1 runway.

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

• There is no hospital on the island and emergency services are limited due to the remoteness of the island.
• The location of the city is believed to have been used for at least 3,000 years as a hunting campsite.
• 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.
• The school year 1953–1954 in Little Diomede Island was adapted to better serve the local needs.
• The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• After the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, an interest of reuniting with families across the Bering Strait revived.
• Funds for improving the water system have been requested both by the city and the school.
• 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.
• 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.