Nonstop flight route between Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,749 miles (or 9,252 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 Nizhny Novgorod International Airport and Hawkins Field, 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 Nizhny Novgorod International Airport and Hawkins Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ):

• Nizhny Novgorod International Airport handled 747,165 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Nizhny Novgorod International Airport", another name for GOJ is "Международный аэропорт Нижний Новгород".
• The closest airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ) is Yuzhny Airport (IWA), which is located 119 miles (192 kilometers) WNW of GOJ.
• The furthest airport from Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,491 miles (16,884 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Nizhny Novgorod International Airport is the international airport serving the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
• Because of Nizhny Novgorod International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Nizhny Novgorod International 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.
• Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ) has 4 runways.

Facts about Hawkins Field (HKS):

• In addition to the airfield, the building of a large support base with several hundred buildings, numerous streets, and a utility network was carried out with barracks, various administrative buildings, maintenance shops and hangars.
• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• The furthest airport from Hawkins Field (HKS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,975 miles (17,662 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• On July 1, 1944, Jackson Army Air Base was transferred to the Third Air Force.
• Because of Hawkins Field's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Hawkins Field 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.
• The United States Army continues to operate from Hawkins Field via the Mississippi Army National Guard and the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade.
• The closest airport to Hawkins Field (HKS) is Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) E of HKS.
• Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
• Jackson Army Air Base was the name of an abandoned military base in the movie Capricorn One, where they staged a fake Mars landing.