Nonstop flight route between Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO), Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,489 miles (or 7,224 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 Keesler Air Force Base and Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport, 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 Keesler Air Force Base and Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• In early January 1941, Biloxi city officials assembled a formal offer to invite the United States Army to build a base to support the World War II training buildup.
• In early 1956, Keesler entered the missile age by opening a ground support training program for the Atlas missile.
• 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.
• Other organizations assigned to Keesler AFB include the 45th Airlift Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas.
• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• Keesler Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Biloxi, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
• The Air Force Reserve Command's 403d Wing is a tenant wing also located at Keesler and is an Air Mobility Command -gained composite unit which provides theater airlift support through the 815th Airlift Squadron and its C-130 Hercules aircraft, as well as serving as the parent unit to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, a WC-130 unit known as the "Hurricane Hunters."
• 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.
• Yet another major change occurred on 1 July 1993, when Keesler Training Center inactivated.

Facts about Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO):

• Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) is Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of CKO.
• Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport handled 186 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport", another name for CKO is "Aeroporto Francisco Lacerda Junior".
• The furthest airport from Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (meaning Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,217 miles (19,661 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.