Nonstop flight route between Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Inagua Airport (IGA), Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,150 miles (or 1,851 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 Inagua 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: | IGA / MYIG |
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Location: | Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°58'30"N by 73°40'0"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IGA |
More Information: | IGA 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 Inagua Airport (IGA):
- Inagua Airport (IGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Inagua Airport (IGA) is Gustavo Rizo Airport (BCA), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of IGA.
- The furthest airport from Inagua Airport (IGA) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,931 miles (19,201 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Inagua Airport", another name for IGA is "Matthew Town Airport".
- Because of Inagua Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Inagua 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 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 1949, the Radio Operations School transferred to Keesler from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- Finally, Keesler is also home to CNATTU Keesler, a training unit for Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel receiving training at Keesler, such as enlisted meteorology training, with their Air Force counterparts.
- The Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Keesler.
- 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.
- The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- Congress initially appropriated $6 million for construction at Biloxi and an additional $2 million for equipment.
- Yet another major change occurred on 1 July 1993, when Keesler Training Center inactivated.