Shemya See also . China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 made an emergency landing at the island's airbase at April 6, 1993. American Airlines Flight 175 (AA175/AAL175), a Boeing 777-200ER, from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas (DFW/KDFW) to Tokyo Narita, Japan (NRT/RJAA) made an emergency landing due to indication of cargo fire on July 11, 2010. Cathay Pacific Flight 884 CX884 from Hong Kong to Los Angeles made an emergency landing at the island's airbase due to smoke detection on July 29, 2015. Delta Air Lines Flight 128 made an emergency landing on the island's airbase on December 24, 2018, when the Boeing 767-300ER developed engine problems. Polar Air Cargo Flight 717 made an emergency landing at the island's airport on March 13, 2020. Former airline service Reeve Aleutian Airways (RAA) operated scheduled passenger service into Shemya for many years. During the 1970s and 1980s, Reeve operated nonstop flights to Anchorage (ANC) with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft. By 1989, the airline was operating nonstop jet service to Anchorage with Boeing 727-100 combi aircraft which were capable of transporting passengers and freight on the main deck of the aircraft. Reeve's 727 service from Anchorage continued during the 1990s as did 727 flights from Adak Island, AK and Cold Bay, AK. Reeve Aleutian ceased all flight operations in 2000. Climate The weather on Shemya is very drastic, though the temperatures only vary between single digits to the mid fifties, and the climate is perhaps the most equatorward low-altitude occurrence of a polar climate (ET) in the world, though it is extremely close to a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) (or a subarctic climate if the 0 degree Celsius isotherm is used). The island weather is most likely to be cloudy with a mist and the wind ranges from . The Japanese current in the Pacific to the south of the island regulates the temperature and gives it the pronounced temperature lag (August and September are the warmest months and the island's record low occurred in April). Despite it being a tundra climate, it is spared the vicious cold of places like Utqiagvik, Alaska where temperatures in winter can rival those of interior Alaska in winter. References Shemya Island: Block 1147, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau External links Web site about Shemya Briefing about Shemya Global Security "A Tale of Two Airplanes" by Kingdon R. "King" Hawes, Lt