Nonstop flight route between Diomede, Alaska, United States and Changzhou, Jiangsu, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States and Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX), Changzhou, Jiangsu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,701 miles (or 5,957 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 Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) and Changzhou Benniu Airport, 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 Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) and Changzhou Benniu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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

• On 7 November 2009, it was announced that one inhabitant was infected with H1N1 swine flu.
• 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 closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• 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 Little Diomede island is composed of Cretaceous age granite or quartz monzonite.
• The first square building in the island was a small Catholic church, which was planned by Father Bellarmine Lafortune in 1935 and built by Father Thomas Cunningham during his residency in the island between 1936 and 1947.
• 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.

Facts about Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX):

• The closest airport to Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) is Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) N of CZX.
• In addition to being known as "Changzhou Benniu Airport", other names for CZX include "常州奔牛机场" and "Chángzhōu Bēnniú Jīchǎng".
• Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) is General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA), which is nearly antipodal to Changzhou Benniu Airport (meaning Changzhou Benniu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from General Justo José de Urquiza Airport), and is located 12,420 miles (19,988 kilometers) away in Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.