Nonstop flight route between Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and Newman, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,020 miles (or 16,125 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 Sheppard Air Force Base and Newman Airport, 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 Sheppard Air Force Base and Newman Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZNE / YNWN |
Airport Name: | Newman Airport |
Location: | Newman, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°25'4"S by 119°48'10"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1724 feet (525 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZNE |
More Information: | ZNE Maps & Info |
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- 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 80th Flying Training Wing, also at Sheppard, conducts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, a multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for both USAF and NATO.
- The host unit on Sheppard Air Force Base is the 82nd Training Wing whose mission makes it the most diversified training base within the Air Education and Training Command.
- Comptroller, transportation, and intelligence training moved to Sheppard from Lowry AFB, Colorado, in the fall of 1954.
- It was officially opened as an Army Air Corps training center on 17 October 1941, following the arrival of the first military members on 14 June.
- The 3630th Flying Training Wing was activated in 1965, and it assumed the helicopter training program.
- In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
- 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.
Facts about Newman Airport (ZNE):
- The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
- Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.
- Newman Airport is an airport near Newman, Western Australia.
- As of 2008 the airport is undergoing an expansion project to improve both customer service and services to the airlines that use the airport.