Nonstop flight route between Burbank, California, United States and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States and Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,625 miles (or 2,616 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 Bob Hope Airport and Hawkins Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• The airport was originally in the city limits, but the north end of Runway 15/33 has been extended into the city of Los Angeles.
• After much debate between the Airport Authority, the city of Burbank, the Transportation Security Administration, and Burbank residents, in November 2007 it was decided that a new $8-million to $10-million baggage screening facility for Terminal B is legal, considering the anti-growth limitations placed on the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.
• Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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.
• In 2005 the airport celebrated its 75th anniversary.
• Bob Hope Airport can be reached using the Hollywood Way exit off Interstate 5, the Hollywood Way or Pass Ave exit off State Route 134, or the Victory Boulevard exit off State Route 170.
• Lockheed officials declared that the airport would reopen the next day, and it did, using electronic equipment borrowed from LAX and set up in a nearby hangar.
• In the late 1960s Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-100s flew nonstop to Las Vegas.
• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The Burbank facility remained United Airport until 1934 when it was renamed Union Air Terminal.
• The land occupied by the old Lockheed buildings at the corners of Empire Avenue and Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue, is now the site of a growing power center commercial development with chain restaurants and businesses.
• It took BA&T a year and the cooperation of the city to assemble the site.

Facts about Hawkins Field (HKS):

• Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
• Jackson Army Air Base was the name of an abandoned military base in the movie Capricorn One, where they staged a fake Mars landing.
• The United States Air Force returned in the summer of 1953 when the Mississippi Air National Guard began utilizing certain facilities of Hawkins Field.
• The furthest airport from Hawkins Field (HKS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,975 miles (17,662 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• On July 1, 1962, the Lockheed C-121 Constellation aircraft arrived in Mississippi and the squadron was redesignated as the MATS' 172d Air Transport Squadron.
• In June 1941 Hawkins Field was designated as Jackson Army Air Base.
• The closest airport to Hawkins Field (HKS) is Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) E of HKS.
• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• Because of Hawkins Field's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Hawkins Field 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.