Nonstop flight route between Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam and Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,120 miles (or 14,678 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 Cam Ranh International Airport and Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International 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 Cam Ranh International Airport and Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR):

• In addition to being known as "Cam Ranh International Airport", another name for CXR is "Sân bay Quốc tế Cam Ranh".
• Cam Ranh International Airport handled 1,509,212 passengers last year.
• Because of Cam Ranh International Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Cam Ranh International 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 closest airport to Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR) is Lien Khuong Airport (DLI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WSW of CXR.
• Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR) is Iberia Airport (IBP), which is nearly antipodal to Cam Ranh International Airport (meaning Cam Ranh International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iberia Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,860 kilometers) away in Iberia, Peru.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 40 feet above mean sea level.
• In 1972, the base was turned over to the South Vietnamese government.
• On May 19, 2004, after major reconstruction, the airport received its first commercial flight from Hanoi.

Facts about Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN):

• In the 1960s, Southern Airways Martin 404s connected Jackson with Natchez, Vicksburg, Greenwood, Columbus, Laurel, and New Orleans, but in the 1970s Southern replaced these with McDonnell Douglas DC-9s.
• The closest airport to Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) is Hawkins Field (HKS), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) W of JAN.
• Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) has 2 runways.
• In the early 1990s, the airfield's name became "Jackson International Airport" since it has facilities for international flights.
• The furthest airport from Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,979 miles (17,669 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The 172d Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard has also maintained an Air National Guard base on the airport since 1963, having relocated that year from nearby Hawkins Field.
• Because of Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport's relatively low elevation of 346 feet, planes can take off or land at Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International 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.