Nonstop flight route between Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States and Takoradi Airport (TKD), Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,878 miles (or 9,459 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 Takoradi 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 Takoradi 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):

• Congress initially appropriated $6 million for construction at Biloxi and an additional $2 million for equipment.
• 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.
• During the early 1960s, Keesler lost many of its airborne training courses but Keesler still remained the largest training base throughout the 1970s.
• 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.
• 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.
• The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".

Facts about Takoradi Airport (TKD):

• The closest airport to Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Aboisso Airport (ABO), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) WNW of TKD.
• Because of Takoradi Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Takoradi 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.
• Takoradi Airport (TKD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Takoradi Airport (meaning Takoradi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.