Nonstop flight route between Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Minna, Nigeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Minna Airport (MXJ), Minna, Nigeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,198 miles (or 9,975 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 Minna 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 Minna 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):

• Keesler's student load dropped to an all-time low after the Vietnam War ended.
• 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".
• The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• Keesler AFB was the primary training base for many avionics maintenance career fields including Electronic Warfare, Navigational Aids, Computer Repair and Ground Radio Repair.
• 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.
• Keesler continued to focus upon specialized training in B-24 maintenance until mid-1944.
• 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.
• 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 Minna Airport (MXJ):

• Because of Minna Airport's relatively low elevation of 834 feet, planes can take off or land at Minna 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 Minna Airport (MXJ) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Minna Airport (meaning Minna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,164 miles (19,575 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
• Minna Airport (MXJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Minna Airport (MXJ) is Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) SE of MXJ.