Nonstop flight route between Newton, Kansas, United States and Diomede, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Newton City-County Airport (EWK), Newton, Kansas, United States and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,345 miles (or 5,383 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 Newton City-County 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 Newton City-County 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: | EWK / KEWK |
Airport Name: | Newton City-County Airport |
Location: | Newton, Kansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°3'29"N by 97°16'27"W |
Area Served: | Harvey County, Kansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Newton & Harvey County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1533 feet (467 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from EWK |
More Information: | EWK 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 Newton City-County Airport (EWK):
- The closest airport to Newton City-County Airport (EWK) is Beech Factory Airport (BEC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of EWK.
- The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
- The airport covers 635 acres at an elevation of 1,533 feet.
- Newton City-County Airport (EWK) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Newton City-County Airport (EWK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,721 miles (17,253 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.
- In the early 1940s, one of the Little Diomede villagers wrote "No airplane comes to Diomede except for some very special reason, during the winter.
- According to traveler John Muir, on his visit to Diomede Islands in 1880s they found the natives eager to trade away everything they had.
- After the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, an interest of reuniting with families across the Bering Strait revived.
- Water for winter use is drawn from a mountain spring, then treated and stored in 434,000-U.S.-gallon storage tanks.
- 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 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.