AirportsWichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is a medium-sized airport serving Wichita Falls, in Texas, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SPS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SPS
- ICAO code
- KSPS
- City
- Wichita Falls
- State or region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 33.9888° N, 98.4919° W
- Elevation
- 311 m (1,019 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,993 m (13,100 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SPS means Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSPS. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.9888° N, 98.4919° W. It stands 311 metres (1,019 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,993 metres (13,100 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15R/33L | 3,993 m 13,100 ft | 91 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 15C/33C | 3,049 m 10,003 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 2,140 m 7,021 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15L/33R | 1,829 m 6,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lawton Fort Sill Regional AirportLawton | LAW | 65 km |
| Mineral Wells Regional AirportMineral Wells | MWL | 140 km |
| Fort Worth Meacham International AirportFort Worth | FTW | 167 km |
| OKC Will Rogers World AirportOklahoma City | OKC | 176 km |
| Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas-Fort Worth | DFW | 181 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,045 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,043 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,873 km | 16 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,626 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,298 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,834 km | 2 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,437 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,197 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,727 km | 17 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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