SPS — Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base
- IATA code
- SPS
- ICAO code
- KSPS
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 60,992
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 24
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- America/Chicago
- Elevation
- 311 m
- 1,020 ft
- Runways
- 4
- Longest 3,993 m
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About SPS
Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is a medium-sized airport serving Wichita Falls, United States. It opened in 1941 and is run by United States Air Force. 60,992 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 24 nonstop routes from SPS.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SPS
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SPS → DFW | 182 km | 58,857 |
| SPS → LAS | 1,536 km | 190 |
| SPS → GDL | 1,566 km | 170 |
| SPS → DTW | 1,607 km | 167 |
| SPS → PIT | 1,769 km | 166 |
| SPS → GEG | 2,196 km | 165 |
| SPS → BFL | 1,887 km | 147 |
| SPS → SGF | 587 km | 138 |
| SPS → AMA | 325 km | 76 |
| SPS → ELP | 776 km | 76 |
| SPS → GSP | 1,497 km | 76 |
| SPS → CHS | 1,718 km | 75 |
| SPS → MSO | 1,945 km | 73 |
| SPS → MSY | 894 km | 72 |
| SPS → ABQ | 754 km | 70 |
| SPS → VER | 1,661 km | 69 |
| SPS → MAF | 414 km | 65 |
| SPS → COU | 777 km | 61 |
| SPS → BHM | 1,088 km | 59 |
| SPS → GRK | 330 km | 50 |
| SPS → TLH | 1,390 km | 50 |
| SPS → TXK | 421 km | 47 |
| SPS → DAY | 1,428 km | 45 |
| SPS → LAW | 65 km | 28 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at SPS
- MQ Envoy Air · 1,070 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 409 flights
- AA American Airlines · 12 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 12 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 84.7%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Departures counted
- 729
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| LAW | Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport | 65 km |
| MWL | Mineral Wells Regional Airport | 140 km |
| FTW | Fort Worth Meacham International Airport | 167 km |
| OKC | OKC Will Rogers World Airport | 176 km |
| DFW | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | 181 km |
Distance from SPS to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15R/33L | 3,993 m | 91 m | Concrete |
| 15C/33C | 3,049 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 2,140 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 15L/33R | 1,829 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Wichita Falls, Texas, United States · 33.9888, -98.4919
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