Nonstop flight route between Bria, Central African Republic and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bria Airport (BIV), Bria, Central African Republic and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,212 miles (or 11,606 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 Bria Airport and Keesler Air Force Base, 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 Bria Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bria Airport (BIV):

• In addition to being known as "Bria Airport", another name for BIV is "Bria Airport (Bria)".
• Bria Airport (BIV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bria Airport (BIV) is Bakouma Airport (BMF), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) SE of BIV.
• The furthest airport from Bria Airport (BIV) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bria Airport (meaning Bria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.

Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• The 81 TW is responsible for the technical training of airmen in select skill areas immediately following their completion of basic training as well as providing additional or recurrent training they will need for upcoming assignments.
• During the early 1980s Keesler's air traffic control program garnered publicity - when the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walked off the job in August 1981.
• Keesler continued to focus upon specialized training in B-24 maintenance until mid-1944.
• In early 1949, the Radio Operations School transferred to Keesler from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
• The furthest airport from Keesler Air Force Base (BIX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,904 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• The closest airport to Keesler Air Force Base (BIX) is Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) W of BIX.
• Finally, Keesler is also home to CNATTU Keesler, a training unit for Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel receiving training at Keesler, such as enlisted meteorology training, with their Air Force counterparts.
• Keesler AFB is one of the largest technical training wings in AETC, with four training squadrons located in the training building complex known as "the triangle," the 334th, 335th, 336th, and the 338th.
• On August 29, 2005 Keesler sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, which made its third Gulf Coast landfall as a Category 3 storm approximately 30 miles west.