Nonstop flight route between Sholapur (Solapur), India and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Solapur Airport (SSE), Sholapur (Solapur), India and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,968 miles (or 14,433 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 Solapur 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 Solapur Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Solapur Airport (SSE):

• The airport was built by Indian Defence Authorities in September 1948 during the police action operation on the ex-Hyderabad State.
• Kingfisher Red operated an ATR-72 service to Mumbai in February 2009 four times a week but was discontinued in August 2010.
• No scheduled commercial air service at this time.
• Solapur Airport is a public airport located in Solapur, in the state of Maharashtra, India.
• The furthest airport from Solapur Airport (SSE) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,695 miles (18,821 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Solapur Airport", other names for SSE include "सोलापूर विमानतळ" and "Solapur Airport सोलापूर विमानतळ".
• Solapur Airport (SSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Solapur Airport (SSE) is Osmanabad Airport (OMN), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) N of SSE.

Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):

• In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
• The Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Keesler.
• 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.
• During the early 1980s Keesler's air traffic control program garnered publicity - when the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walked off the job in August 1981.
• In early 1949, the Radio Operations School transferred to Keesler from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
• Keesler AFB was the primary training base for many avionics maintenance career fields including Electronic Warfare, Navigational Aids, Computer Repair and Ground Radio Repair.
• Keesler AFB is one of the largest technical training wings in AETC, with four training squadrons located in the training building complex known as "the triangle," the 334th, 335th, 336th, and the 338th.
• 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.