Nonstop flight route between Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hazleton Municipal Airport (HZL), Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,027 miles (or 1,653 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 relatively short distance between Hazleton Municipal Airport and Keesler Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HZL / KHZL |
Airport Name: | Hazleton Municipal Airport |
Location: | Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°59'12"N by 75°59'42"W |
Area Served: | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | City of Hazleton |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1603 feet (489 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HZL |
More Information: | HZL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIX / KBIX |
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Location: | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°24'41"N by 88°55'24"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BIX |
More Information: | BIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Hazleton Municipal Airport (HZL):
- The closest airport to Hazleton Municipal Airport (HZL) is Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (WBW), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of HZL.
- The airport had Air Pennsylvania flights to Philadelphia.
- Hazleton Municipal Airport (HZL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Hazleton Municipal Airport is a public airport two miles northwest of Hazleton, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- The furthest airport from Hazleton Municipal Airport (HZL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,658 miles (18,762 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):
- 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.
- Other organizations assigned to Keesler AFB include the 45th Airlift Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas.
- Keesler's student load dropped to an all-time low after the Vietnam War ended.
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- Keesler continued to focus upon specialized training in B-24 maintenance until mid-1944.
- In early January 1941, Biloxi city officials assembled a formal offer to invite the United States Army to build a base to support the World War II training buildup.
- 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 1960s, Keesler lost many of its airborne training courses but Keesler still remained the largest training base throughout the 1970s.