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In places where highways do not exist or do not reliably operate, an airstrip or a heliport becomes the community&#8217;s fast lane for medical care, groceries, mail, government services, and the occasional visitor willing to accept weather and scheduling uncertainty. Isolation also looks wildly different depending on where one is, with the US&#8217; most isolated facilities ranging from storm-battered islands in Alaska to cliff-walled settlements in Hawaii. 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