Nonstop flight route between Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu and Jackson, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tongoa Airport (TGH), Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu and Hawkins Field (HKS), Jackson, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,478 miles (or 12,034 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 Tongoa Airport and Hawkins Field, 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 Tongoa Airport and Hawkins Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tongoa Airport (TGH):

• The furthest airport from Tongoa Airport (TGH) is Kiffa Airport (KFA), which is nearly antipodal to Tongoa Airport (meaning Tongoa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kiffa Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Kiffa, Mauritania.
• The closest airport to Tongoa Airport (TGH) is Siwo Airport (EAE), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SW of TGH.

Facts about Hawkins Field (HKS):

• 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.
• In June 1941 Hawkins Field was designated as Jackson Army Air Base.
• The United States Air Force returned in the summer of 1953 when the Mississippi Air National Guard began utilizing certain facilities of Hawkins Field.
• In addition to being known as "Hawkins Field", another name for HKS is "(former Jackson Army Air Base)".
• 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.
• Hawkins Field (HKS) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• Hawkins Field is a public airport three miles northwest of Jackson, in Hinds County, Mississippi.