Nonstop flight route between Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ), Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,559 miles (or 7,336 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 Brigadeiro Cabral 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 Brigadeiro Cabral 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 Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ):

• In addition to being known as "Brigadeiro Cabral Airport", another name for DIQ is "Aeroporto Brigadeiro Cabral".
• A new passenger terminal was opened on June 1, 2012.
• The closest airport to Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ENE of DIQ.
• Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located 11,975 miles (19,271 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• Massive restructuring of the Air Force in the early 1990s also meant several changes for Keesler associate units.
• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• 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.
• During the early 1960s, Keesler lost many of its airborne training courses but Keesler still remained the largest training base throughout the 1970s.
• Congress initially appropriated $6 million for construction at Biloxi and an additional $2 million for equipment.
• 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.
• During the early 1980s Keesler's air traffic control program garnered publicity - when the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walked off the job in August 1981.