Nonstop flight route between Siuna, Nicaragua and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Siuna Airport (SIU), Siuna, Nicaragua and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,183 miles (or 1,904 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 Siuna 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: | SIU / MNSI |
| Airport Name: | Siuna Airport |
| Location: | Siuna, Nicaragua |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°43'0"N by 84°46'36"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Republica de Nicaragua |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 480 feet (146 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SIU |
| More Information: | SIU 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 Siuna Airport (SIU):
- The closest airport to Siuna Airport (SIU) is Bonanza Airport (BZA), which is located 25 miles (39 kilometers) NNE of SIU.
- The furthest airport from Siuna Airport (SIU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Siuna Airport (meaning Siuna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,286 miles (19,772 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Siuna Airport (SIU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Siuna Airport's relatively low elevation of 480 feet, planes can take off or land at Siuna 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.
Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):
- 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.
- Yet another major change occurred on 1 July 1993, when Keesler Training Center inactivated.
- Congress initially appropriated $6 million for construction at Biloxi and an additional $2 million for equipment.
- The Air Force Reserve Command's 403d Wing is a tenant wing also located at Keesler and is an Air Mobility Command -gained composite unit which provides theater airlift support through the 815th Airlift Squadron and its C-130 Hercules aircraft, as well as serving as the parent unit to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, a WC-130 unit known as the "Hurricane Hunters."
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- 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.
- In early 1956, Keesler entered the missile age by opening a ground support training program for the Atlas missile.
