Nonstop flight route between Hasvik, Norway and Diomede, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hasvik Airport (HAA), Hasvik, Norway and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,008 miles (or 4,842 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 Hasvik 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 Hasvik 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 Hasvik Airport (HAA):

• Hasvik Airport handled 7,995 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Hammerfest Airport (HFT), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) ENE of HAA.
• The first aircraft in Hasvik was an emergency landing carried out en route to Svalbard in the early 1970s.
• Norving operated at the airport until 1990, when the route was taken over by Widerøe, who initially used the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter.
• In addition to being known as "Hasvik Airport", another name for HAA is "Hasvik lufthavn".
• The furthest airport from Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,486 miles (16,875 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Hasvik Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hasvik 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.

Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (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.
• 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.
• According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.84 square miles, all of it land.
• The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• Little Diomede Island is located about 25 miles west from the mainland, in the middle of the Bering Strait.
• There is no hospital on the island and emergency services are limited due to the remoteness of the island.
• 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.