Nonstop flight route between Omak, Washington, United States and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Omak Airport (OMK), Omak, Washington, United States and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,472 miles (or 2,369 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 Omak 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 Omak Airport (OMK):

• In addition to being known as "Omak Airport", other names for OMK include "Omak Municipal Airport" and "Omak City Airport".
• Aside from airline flights, Ivan Farrar built an aircraft himself around 1970 and tested it at the Omak Airport in the 1970s.
• There is a radio navigation aid provided at the Omak Airport which are used by pilots on aircraft coming from other nearby airports to determine their location.
• The United States Army Air Forces built the airport around 1942, when it was known as the Okanogan Flight Strip and Omak Flight Strip.
• The furthest airport from Omak Airport (OMK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,660 miles (17,155 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Omak Airport (OMK) is Grand Forks Airport (ZGF), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NE of OMK.
• In 2010, when a 72.4 percent decrease was represented, a total of 4,254 aircraft used the Omak Airport.
• With the state given $994,938 in 1960 for airport improvements across Washington, the Omak City Council was granted $12,172 for their Omak Airport.
• Omak Airport (OMK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Omak Airport, a non-towered airport that covers an area of 153 acres of city-owned property and 325 acres overall at an elevation of 1,305 feet, is located on 202 Omak Airport Road in Riverside, 3 miles north of Omak's city centre, which is the municipality it primarily serves, situated off Washington State Route 20 and Washington State Route 97 on a mountainous and forested terrain.

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.
• The Air Force School of Health Care Sciences offered training in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and health-services administration.
• In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.