Nonstop flight route between Victoria, Araucanía, Chile and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Victoria Airport (ZIC), Victoria, Araucanía, Chile and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,863 miles (or 7,826 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 Victoria 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 Victoria 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: | ZIC / SCTO |
Airport Name: | Victoria Airport |
Location: | Victoria, Araucanía, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°14'44"S by 72°20'54"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1148 feet (350 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZIC |
More Information: | ZIC 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 Victoria Airport (ZIC):
- Victoria Airport (ZIC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Victoria Airport (ZIC) is Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (INC), which is nearly antipodal to Victoria Airport (meaning Victoria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yinchuan Hedong International Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,905 kilometers) away in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
- The closest airport to Victoria Airport (ZIC) is Maquehue Airport (ZCO), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) SSW of ZIC.
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.
- The 81st Training Wing also trains personnel in the field of meteorology, to include observing, weather analysis and forecasting, radar operations, air traffic control, Aviation Resource Management, and tropical cyclone forecasting.
- In early 1956, Keesler entered the missile age by opening a ground support training program for the Atlas missile.
- Keesler's student load dropped to an all-time low after the Vietnam War ended.
- There was also quite a bit of damage when Hurricane Camille passed over Biloxi in 1969.
- The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- In early January 1941, Biloxi city officials assembled a formal offer to invite the United States Army to build a base to support the World War II training buildup.
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- Keesler continued to focus upon specialized training in B-24 maintenance until mid-1944.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.