Nonstop flight route between Saint-Étienne / Bouthéon, France and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU), Saint-Étienne / Bouthéon, France and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,134 miles (or 8,263 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 Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon 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 Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon 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 Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU):

• The closest airport to Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU) is Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) ENE of EBU.
• In addition to being known as "Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport", another name for EBU is "Aéroport de Saint-Étienne – Bouthéon".
• Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (meaning Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):

• Sheppard AFB shares one runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport under a joint civil-military arrangement.
• Additionally, officers from all 13 participating nations fill subordinate leadership positions throughout the wing.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.