Nonstop flight route between Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia and Diomede, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Limbang Airport (LMN), Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia and Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO), Diomede, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,521 miles (or 8,886 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 Limbang 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 Limbang 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 Limbang Airport (LMN):

• The closest airport to Limbang Airport (LMN) is Brunei International Airport (BWN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of LMN.
• Limbang Airport handled 50,044 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Limbang Airport (LMN) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Limbang Airport (meaning Limbang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• The old Limbang STOL airfield was built in 1963 by the British Army for use during the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Because of Limbang Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Limbang 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.
• In addition to being known as "Limbang Airport", other names for LMN include "Lapangan Terbang Limbang", "林梦机场" and "WBGG".
• Limbang Airport (LMN) currently has only 1 runway.
• After lengthy delays, the new Limbang Airport project started in the year 2000 and was completed in only four years.

Facts about Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (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.
• 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.
• As of the census of 2000, there were 146 people, 43 households, and 31 families residing in the city.
• During the Nome gold rush at the turn of the 19th century, Diomede villagers traveled to Nome along with the gold seekers, even though Nome was not a native village.
• Water for winter use is drawn from a mountain spring, then treated and stored in 434,000-U.S.-gallon storage tanks.
• The closest airport to Diomede Heliport (FAA: DM2) (DIO) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DIO.
• The first non-native to reach the Diomede Islands was a Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnev in 1648.
• 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.