Wichita Falls Municipal Airport

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For the military use of this facilty, see Sheppard Air Force Base.

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport Sheppard Air Force Base
IATA: SPS – ICAO: KSPS – FAA: SPS
Summary
Airport type		Military / Public
Owner		U.S. Air Force
Operator		City of Wichita Falls
Location		Wichita Falls, Texas
Elevation AMSL		1,019 ft / 311 m
Coordinates		33°59′20″N 098°29′31″W / 33.98889, -98.49194
Website		www.cwftx.net/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15R/33L	13,101	3,993	Concrete
15C/33C	10,003	3,049	Asphalt/Concrete
15L/33R	6,000	1,829	Asphalt/Concrete
17/35	7,021	2,140	Asphalt
Statistics (1988)
Aircraft operations			53,829
Based aircraft			223
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is an airport located five miles (8 km) north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.^[1] The airport is joint use in that its runways and taxiways are shared with Sheppard Air Force Base. It is mostly used for military aviation due to the air force base located on site, but is also served by one commercial airline with service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airline and destination
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport covers an area of 3,800 acres (1,538 ha) which contains four paved runways. For the 12-month period ending August 22, 1988, the airport had 53,829 aircraft operations, an average of 147 per day: 43% military, 37% general aviation, 20% air taxi. At that time there were 223 aircraft based at this airport: 2% single-engine, 8% multi-engine and 90% military.^[1]