Airport details

Keesler Air Force Base

Biloxi, United States Americas

IATA BIX ICAO KBIX 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
BIX
ICAO
KBIX
Elevation
33 ft / 10 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
7,630 ft / 2,326 m
Main surface
Paved
Timezone
America/Chicago
Coordinates
30.4104003906, -88.9244003296

Location

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Weather snapshot

America/Chicago · Updated Thu 5 Nov, 18:45

Open-Meteo

Clear sky now, with temperatures around 17°C to 27°C (62°F to 81°F) today and up to 1% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
21°C
69°F
Humidity
87%
Wind
9 km/h 6 mph
Local time
18:58
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
17:04

Today

Overcast

17°C to 27°C 62°F to 81°F

Rain 1%
Wind 13 km/h 8 mph

Fri

Overcast

15°C to 26°C 58°F to 79°F

Rain 0%
Wind 16 km/h 10 mph

Sat

Overcast

12°C to 23°C 53°F to 74°F

Rain 0%
Wind 17 km/h 11 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

No airline route coverage data is currently available for this airport.

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About

From Wikipedia

Keesler Air Force Base

Keesler Air Force Base(IATA:BIX, ICAO:KBIX, FAA LID:BIX) is a United States Air Force base located in Biloxi, Mississippi, a city along the Gulf Coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler, a Mississippi native killed in France during World War I. The base is home of the Second Air Force (2 AF) Headquarters and the 81st Training Wing (81 TW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

The base has specialized in ground trade training since its opening in 1941 during World War II. It has had high-quality technical schools and absorbed units moved from other bases under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC).

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. The War Department activated Army Air Corps Station No. 8, Aviation Mechanics School, Biloxi, Mississippi, on 12 June 1941. On August...

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Keesler Air Force Base

Country

United States

Official name
United States

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