Nonstop flight route between Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Campo Grande International Airport (CGR), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,188 miles (or 6,739 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 Campo Grande International Airport and Keesler Air Force Base, 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 Campo Grande International Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGR / SBCG |
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| Location: | Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°28'9"S by 54°40'13"W |
| Area Served: | Campo Grande |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 1834 feet (559 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CGR |
| More Information: | CGR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIX / KBIX |
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| Location: | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°24'41"N by 88°55'24"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from BIX |
| More Information: | BIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Campo Grande International Airport (CGR):
- Campo Grande International Airport handled 1,648,143 passengers last year.
- Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Basco Airport (BSO), which is nearly antipodal to Campo Grande International Airport (meaning Campo Grande International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Basco Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Basco, Batanes, Philippines.
- The airport is located 7 km from downtown Campo Grande.
- It is operated by Infraero.
- In addition to being known as "Campo Grande International Airport", another name for CGR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Campo Grande".
- The closest airport to Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) S of CGR.
Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):
- Finally, Keesler is also home to CNATTU Keesler, a training unit for Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel receiving training at Keesler, such as enlisted meteorology training, with their Air Force counterparts.
- There was also quite a bit of damage when Hurricane Camille passed over Biloxi in 1969.
- By September 1944, the number of recruits had dropped, but the workload remained constant, as Keesler personnel began processing veteran ground troops and combat crews who had returned from duty overseas for additional training and follow on assignments.
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- 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 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 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 base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- In early 1949, the Radio Operations School transferred to Keesler from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
- 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.
