Nonstop flight route between Jackson, Mississippi, United States and Asunción, Paraguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), Asunción, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,524 miles (or 7,281 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 Hawkins Field and Silvio Pettirossi 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 Hawkins Field and Silvio Pettirossi 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 Hawkins Field (HKS):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• Hawkins Field covers 602 acres at an elevation of 341 feet.
• 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.
• Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
• The Netherlands pilots operated from the facility as a separate entity until January 1942 when the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center took over the base and the Dutch pilots began training under the auspices of 74th Flying Training Wing at Maxwell Field, Alabama.
• A Piper PA-32 single-engine plane went down Tuesday, November 13, 2012, killing the 3 people on board in a nearby neighborhood of single-family homes.
• The United States Air Force returned in the summer of 1953 when the Mississippi Air National Guard began utilizing certain facilities of Hawkins Field.
• 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.

Facts about Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU):

• The furthest airport from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA), which is nearly antipodal to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (meaning Silvio Pettirossi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
• The airport, located within Luque, may be reached from the city of Asuncion via the Airport Main Road, which runs adjacent to nearby Ñu Guasú Park.
• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Silvio Pettirossi International Airport", another name for ASU is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción Silvio Pettirossi".
• The closest airport to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Clorinda Airport (CLX), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of ASU.
• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport handled 835,323 passengers last year.
• Because of Silvio Pettirossi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Silvio Pettirossi 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.