{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Keesler Air Force Base","iataCode":"BIX","icaoCode":"KBIX","city":"Biloxi","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":30.4104003906,"longitude":-88.92440032959999},"elevationMeters":10,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Home of the Hurricane Hunters, Keesler Air Force Base (IATA: BIX, ICAO: KBIX) in Biloxi, Mississippi, is a major USAF training installation rather than a freight field: it hosts the 81st Training Wing, Second Air Force headquarters and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, which flies WC-130J aircraft into hurricanes over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. No civilian air cargo is handled here. Regular Gulf Coast shipments move through the adjacent Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT, ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/keesler-air-force-base-airport-bix","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/keesler-air-force-base-airport-bix","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Keesler Air Force Base · (IATA: BIX) · Biloxi, US · 10 m"}