Nonstop flight route between Jaipur / Sanganer, India and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jaipur Airport (JAI), Jaipur / Sanganer, India and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,218 miles (or 13,226 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Jaipur Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Jaipur Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAI / VIJP |
Airport Name: | Jaipur Airport |
Location: | Jaipur / Sanganer, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°49'27"N by 75°48'43"E |
Area Served: | Jaipur |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1263 feet (385 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAI |
More Information: | JAI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SPS / KSPS |
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Location: | Wichita Falls, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°59'20"N by 98°29'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SPS |
More Information: | SPS Maps & Info |
Facts about Jaipur Airport (JAI):
- Air India Planes at Jaipur Airport
- Jaipur Airport (JAI) has 2 runways.
- The entrance gate, made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls, give tourists a glimpse of the Rajasthani culture.
- The furthest airport from Jaipur Airport (JAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jaipur Airport (meaning Jaipur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,114 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Jaipur Airport (JAI) is Kota Airport (KTU), which is located 115 miles (185 kilometers) S of JAI.
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- The 80th FTW mission is to provide combat airpower by producing top quality fighter pilots for the NATO alliance.
- The Air Force School of Health Care Sciences offered training in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and health-services administration.
- The furthest airport from Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,952 miles (17,626 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Sheppard Air Force Base is named in honor of Senator John Morris Sheppard of Texas, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee from 1933 until his death on 9 April 1941.
- Control and accountability for Sheppard Field was transferred to the Department of the Air Force 1 August 1948 and was reactivated 15 August 1948 to supplement Lackland AFB, Texas, as a basic training center renamed as Sheppard AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
- The closest airport to Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS) is Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) S of SPS.
- The 3950th Technical Training Wing was designated the Sheppard Technical Training Center 1 January 1959.