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World's Shortest Airline

World's Shortest Airline from directly overhead

World's Shortest Airline is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Aviation Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50950, -82.87024

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lakeview Park: 2.8 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 3.5 mi
  • Friendship Park: 3.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 3.8 mi
  • Portage Park: 4.3 mi
Attractions
  • Lagoon deer park: 5.4 mi
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 8.1 mi
  • Steel Vengeance: 9.3 mi
  • Maverick: 9.3 mi
  • Thunder Canyon: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 21
Beaches: 17
  • Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 2.9 mi
  • North Swimming Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Gem Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Lakeside Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Lime Kiln Beach: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Atlas: 8.7 mi
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 9.4 mi
  • Inscription Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Scheible-Downing Memorial: 10.3 mi
  • Joseph DeRivera Statue: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 6
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 7.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
  • School Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Memorial Bricks: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Sugar Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Taft Hill: 4.3 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 7.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of World's Shortest Airline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillSE 134°201 m19.4 mi
Sugar RockNNE 12°174 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5820:2821:10
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5516:2117:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496171757367554434
Precip in1.91.82.63.83.23.73.63.03.12.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13531405118

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