Nonstop flight route between Hancock, Michigan, United States and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX), Hancock, Michigan, United States and Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,029 miles (or 1,656 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 Houghton County Memorial Airport and Hawkins Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMX / KCMX |
Airport Name: | Houghton County Memorial Airport |
Location: | Hancock, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°10'5"N by 88°29'21"W |
Area Served: | Hancock / Houghton (also Calumet, Laurium and Lake Linden) |
Operator/Owner: | Houghton County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1095 feet (334 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMX |
More Information: | CMX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HKS / KHKS |
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Location: | Jackson, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°20'4"N by 90°13'20"W |
Area Served: | Jackson, Mississippi |
Operator/Owner: | City of Jackson |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 341 feet (104 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HKS |
More Information: | HKS Maps & Info |
Facts about Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX):
- The closest airport to Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) is Sawyer International Airport (MQT), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) SE of CMX.
- Houghton County Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,996 acres at an elevation of 1,095 feet above mean sea level.
- Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) has 2 runways.
- For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 16,054 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day:of these, 68% were general aviation, 19% scheduled commercial, 13% air taxi and less than 1% military.
- The furthest airport from Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,907 miles (17,554 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Houghton County Memorial Airport is a county owned, public use airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Calumet, a village in Houghton County, Michigan, United States.
Facts about Hawkins Field (HKS):
- 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.
- On July 1, 1944, Jackson Army Air Base was transferred to the Third Air Force.
- In May 1941 the Dutch government-in-exile, following the occupation of the Netherlands, established the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School at 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.
- The Kerry Committee report which began in the United States Senate in early 1986 contains a U.S.
- 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.
- Jackson Army Air Base was the name of an abandoned military base in the movie Capricorn One, where they staged a fake Mars landing.
- What is known today as the 172d Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard began in 1953 as the Tactical Air Command's 183d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, an Air National Guard unit at Hawkins Field equipped with RB-26 Invaders for night photo reconnaissance missions.
- Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".