Nonstop flight route between Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW), Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,386 miles (or 2,231 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 relatively short distance between Keesler Air Force Base and Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• The Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Keesler.
• When the War Department activated Keesler Field in June 1941, not only was Keesler getting a technical training center, but it would be getting one of the Army's newest replacement, or basic training centers.
• 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.
• During the early 1960s, Keesler lost many of its airborne training courses but Keesler still remained the largest training base throughout the 1970s.
• The 81st Training Wing also trains personnel in the field of meteorology, to include observing, weather analysis and forecasting, radar operations, air traffic control, Aviation Resource Management, and tropical cyclone forecasting.
• There was also quite a bit of damage when Hurricane Camille passed over Biloxi in 1969.
• 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.

Facts about Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW):

• The closest airport to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) ESE of LEW.
• The airport is not served by any airline, though Northeast Airlines, Air New England, Northeast Express Regional Airlines, and Bar Harbor Airlines have scheduled flights to LEW.
• Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW) has 2 runways.
• Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport covers 547 acres at an elevation of 288 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 288 feet, planes can take off or land at Auburn/Lewiston Municipal 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.
• The furthest airport from Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,681 miles (18,798 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.