Nonstop flight route between Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico and Diomede, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ensenada Airport (ESE), Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,184 miles (or 5,124 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 Ensenada 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 Ensenada Airport and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ESE / MMES |
Airport Name: | Ensenada Airport |
Location: | Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°47'43"N by 116°36'9"W |
Operator/Owner: | Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ESE |
More Information: | ESE 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 Ensenada Airport (ESE):
- Because of Ensenada Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Ensenada 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 closest airport to Ensenada Airport (ESE) is Tijuana International Airport (TIJ), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NNW of ESE.
- Ensenada Airport (ESE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ensenada Airport (ESE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,605 miles (18,676 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO):
- 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 location of the city is believed to have been used for at least 3,000 years as a hunting campsite.
- 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.
- According to traveler John Muir, on his visit to Diomede Islands in 1880s they found the natives eager to trade away everything they had.
- 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.
- 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 school year 1953–1954 in Little Diomede Island was adapted to better serve the local needs.
- Today there are about 30 buildings on the island, including the residential housing that was mainly built in the 1970s and 1980s.
- An electric system was built on the island in the 1970s and electricity is provided by city-operated Diomede Joint Utilities.