Nonstop flight route between Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Smith Reynolds Airport (INT), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States and Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 628 miles (or 1,011 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 Smith Reynolds Airport and Hawkins Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Smith Reynolds Airport (INT):

• Because of Smith Reynolds Airport's relatively low elevation of 969 feet, planes can take off or land at Smith Reynolds 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.
• From 1942 until 1945, Smith Reynolds Airport served as a training base for military pilots in addition to its commercial and private airline services.
• In 1933, the Civil Works Administration, a program developed by The New Deal, began extending each runway by 500 feet, lining the main hangar floors with concrete and relocating the field lighting system.
• The furthest airport from Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,558 miles (18,600 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) is Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) E of INT.
• Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) has 2 runways.
• The Smith Reynolds Airport is home to the Winston Salem Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol.

Facts about Hawkins Field (HKS):

• Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• 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.
• What is known today as the 172d Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard began in 1953 as the Tactical Air Command's 183d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, an Air National Guard unit at Hawkins Field equipped with RB-26 Invaders for night photo reconnaissance missions.
• It was not until 1949 that Hawkins was again classified as a civil airfield.
• 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.