SPS

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base

ICAO KSPS33.9888°N 98.4919°W1,019 ft / 311 mMedium airport
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United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS) is a medium airport in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. It opened on 4 Jul 1928. It has 4 runways; the longest is 13,100 ft (3,993 m). In 2025 it handled 61 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1928–1928
04 JUL 1928
OpenedWichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
15R/33L158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH13,100 ft3,993 mWIDTH300 ft91 mSURFACEConcrete
15C/33C158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH10,003 ft3,049 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH7,021 ft2,140 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15L/33R158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH6,000 ft1,829 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
100K
83K
76K
72K
77K
39K
60K
56K
52K
60K
61K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SPS. From the Wikipedia article “Wichita Falls Regional Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers61K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,002of 3,974 · #457 North America · #307 USLongest runway13,100 ft3,993 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#154of 29,823 · #40 North America · #32 USElevation1,019 ft311 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=17,363of 43,341 · =7,733 North America · =6,178 USAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =58 North America · =57 USRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

11 channels
APPAPP118.200
ATISATIS132.050
CLDCLNC DEL121.200
CTAFCTAF119.750
DEPDEP120.400
GNDGND125.500
PMSVPMSV METRO34.460
PTDPTD37.220
RDOFORT WORTH RDO122.650
TWRTWR119.750
UNICUNICOM122.950