Nonstop flight route between Cedar City, Utah, United States and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC), Cedar City, Utah, United States and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 856 miles (or 1,378 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 relatively short distance between Cedar City Regional Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CDC / KCDC |
| Airport Name: | Cedar City Regional Airport |
| Location: | Cedar City, Utah, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°42'2"N by 113°5'56"W |
| Area Served: | Cedar City, Utah |
| Operator/Owner: | Cedar City Corporation |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5622 feet (1,714 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CDC |
| More Information: | CDC 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 Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC):
- Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) ENE of CDC.
- SkyWest Airlines provided Essential Air Service from 1972 until 2005 when Air Midwest, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines was awarded the contract.
- Because of Cedar City Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,622 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CDC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CDC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airport covers 1,040 acres at an elevation of 5,622 feet.
- Cedar City Regional Airport is two miles northwest of Cedar City, in Iron County, Utah.
- The furthest airport from Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,179 miles (17,991 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- In February 1992, restructuring and downsizing of the Air Force caused a realignment and renumbering of units at Sheppard.
- Over the next three decades three training schools were stationed at the base training students in aircraft maintenance, transportation, communication, civil engineering, Aircrew Life Support and field training.
- 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.
- Comptroller, transportation, and intelligence training moved to Sheppard from Lowry AFB, Colorado, in the fall of 1954.
- 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.
- 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.
- The 80th FTW mission is to provide combat airpower by producing top quality fighter pilots for the NATO alliance.
- In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
