Nonstop flight route between Jammu, India and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ (IXJ), Jammu, India and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,809 miles (or 12,568 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 Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ 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 Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ 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 Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ (IXJ):

• In addition to being known as "Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ", another name for IXJ is "Satwari Airport".
• Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ (IXJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ (IXJ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,978 miles (19,276 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Jammu Airport जम्मू हवाई अड्डा جممو ائیرپورٹ (IXJ) is Sialkot International Airport (SKT), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WSW of IXJ.

Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):

• 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.
• 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 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 3950th Technical Training Wing was designated the Sheppard Technical Training Center 1 January 1959.
• The 80th FTW mission is to provide combat airpower by producing top quality fighter pilots for the NATO alliance.
• Sheppard AFB shares one runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport under a joint civil-military arrangement.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
• The 3630th Flying Training Wing was activated in 1965, and it assumed the helicopter training program.