Nonstop flight route between Diomede, Alaska, United States and Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States and Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport (NCG), Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,471 miles (or 5,586 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal 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 Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal 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):

• After the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, an interest of reuniting with families across the Bering Strait revived.
• The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• 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.
• 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.
• Water for winter use is drawn from a mountain spring, then treated and stored in 434,000-U.S.-gallon storage tanks.
• 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.
• Today there are about 30 buildings on the island, including the residential housing that was mainly built in the 1970s and 1980s.
• 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.

Facts about Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport (NCG):

• The furthest airport from Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport (NCG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,400 miles (18,346 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport (NCG) is Abraham González International Airport (CJS), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NCG.
• Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport (NCG) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipal Airport", another name for NCG is "Aeropuerto Municipal Nuevo Casas Grandes".