Nonstop flight route between Maiduguri, Nigeria and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maiduguri International Airport (MIU), Maiduguri, Nigeria and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,502 miles (or 10,464 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 Maiduguri International 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 Maiduguri International Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIU / DNMA | 
| Airport Name: | Maiduguri International Airport | 
| Location: | Maiduguri, Nigeria | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°51'19"N by 13°4'50"E | 
| Area Served: | Maiduguri, Nigeria | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1099 feet (335 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MIU | 
| More Information: | MIU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIX / KBIX | 
| Airport Names: | 
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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 Maiduguri International Airport (MIU):
- The furthest airport from Maiduguri International Airport (MIU) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Maiduguri International Airport (meaning Maiduguri International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,202 miles (19,638 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
- The closest airport to Maiduguri International Airport (MIU) is Salak Airport (MVR), which is located 126 miles (202 kilometers) SE of MIU.
- Maiduguri International Airport (MIU) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):
- 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".
- 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.
- 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 Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Keesler.
- The 81 TW is responsible for the technical training of airmen in select skill areas immediately following their completion of basic training as well as providing additional or recurrent training they will need for upcoming assignments.
- On August 29, 2005 Keesler sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, which made its third Gulf Coast landfall as a Category 3 storm approximately 30 miles west.
- 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.




