Nonstop flight route between Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,098 miles (or 8,204 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 Stralsund Barth 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 Stralsund Barth Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH):

• The closest airport to Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BBH.
• Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) has 2 runways.
• Modern airport runway
• The furthest airport from Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,601 miles (18,669 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Stralsund Barth Airport", another name for BBH is "Flughafen Stralsund Barth".
• Stralsund Barth Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Stralsund, Germany.

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.
• In July 1969, Detachment 1, 2nd Bombardment Wing, with four B-52 aircraft, became a tenant organization at Sheppard and remained until 1975.
• 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.
• As of September 2013, Brigadier General Scott Kindsvater is the commander of the 82d Training Wing, and he concurrently serves as the installation commander of 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
• The 3950th Technical Training Wing was designated the Sheppard Technical Training Center 1 January 1959.
• Sheppard AFB began providing top-notch instruction in a diverse array of Air Force specialties during World War II.