Nonstop flight route between Jackson, Mississippi, United States and Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States and Mirny Airport (MJZ), Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,745 miles (or 9,246 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 Mirny 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 Mirny 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):

• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1936 the Works Progress Administration’s, Civil Conservation Corps invested $62,150 to improve the airport with a terminal building and paving of an apron.
• Hawkins Field is a public airport three miles northwest of Jackson, in Hinds County, Mississippi.
• The United States Army continues to operate from Hawkins Field via the Mississippi Army National Guard and the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade.
• 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.
• It was not until 1949 that Hawkins was again classified as a civil airfield.

Facts about Mirny Airport (MJZ):

• The furthest airport from Mirny Airport (MJZ) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is nearly antipodal to Mirny Airport (meaning Mirny Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport), and is located 12,212 miles (19,653 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• In addition to being known as "Mirny Airport", another name for MJZ is "Аэропорт Мирный".
• The closest airport to Mirny Airport (MJZ) is Nyurba Airport (NYR), which is located 146 miles (235 kilometers) ENE of MJZ.
• Mirny Airport (MJZ) currently has only 1 runway.