Nonstop flight route between Dazhou, Sichuan, China and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX), Dazhou, Sichuan, China and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,051 miles (or 12,957 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 Dazhou Heshi 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 Dazhou Heshi Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX):

• The closest airport to Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX) is Liangping Airport (LIA), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) SE of DAX.
• The furthest airport from Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Dazhou Heshi Airport (meaning Dazhou Heshi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,827 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.

Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• Congress initially appropriated $6 million for construction at Biloxi and an additional $2 million for equipment.
• During the early 1960s, Keesler lost many of its airborne training courses but Keesler still remained the largest training base throughout the 1970s.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In early 1956, Keesler entered the missile age by opening a ground support training program for the Atlas missile.
• Massive restructuring of the Air Force in the early 1990s also meant several changes for Keesler associate units.