# Diomede Heliport (DIO / PPDM)

**Diomede Heliport** (IATA: DIO, ICAO: PPDM) is a heliport in Diomede, Alaska, United States. It opened in Feb 2000. In 2025 it handled 424 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dm2

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DIO / PPDM
- FAA: DM2
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Diomede, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Feb 2000
- Elevation: 21 ft / 6 m
- Coordinates: 65.7584, -168.9537
- Helipads: 1
- Passengers: 424 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745942
- Weather station: PAIW
- Ident: DM2

## Timeline

- Feb 2000: Diomede Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 64 ft / 20 m | 64 ft / 20 m | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 573 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 445 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 425 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 443 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 424 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from DIO, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (1)

- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 134 mi / 215 km · 194 passengers · PAF

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DIO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- PAF · 1

## Nearby airports

- [WAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paiw.md) Wales Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [TNC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patc.md) Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport · 32 mi / 52 km
- [AK98](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak98.md) Buck Creek Airport · 43 mi / 68 km
- [LSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsr.md) Lost River 1 Airport · 57 mi / 91 km
- [UHML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhml.md) Lavrentiya Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [KPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papc.md) Port Clarence Coast Guard Station · 69 mi / 112 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/dm2/data