Nonstop flight route between Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood, Florida, United States and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood, Florida, United States and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,223 miles (or 1,969 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 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL):

• Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) has 2 runways.
• Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is in unincorporated Broward County, Florida between Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, three miles southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles north of Miami.
• The closest airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) is North Perry Airport (HWO), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SW of FLL.
• During and after the expansion of runway 10R/28L, reconstruction of Terminal Four will begin at the cost of 450 million.
• In 2003 plans were started to expand the facility.
• Because of Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,584 miles (18,643 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (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.
• During World War II, then-Sheppard Field conducted basic training, and it also trained glider mechanics, technical and flying training instructors and B-29 Superfortress flight engineers.
• In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
• The 3630th Flying Training Wing also provided undergraduate pilot training for pilots of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force from 1971 to 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.
• 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.
• Sheppard Field reached its peak strength of 46,340 people while serving as a separation center for troops being discharged following World War II from September through November 1945.
• Sheppard AFB shares one runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport under a joint civil-military arrangement.