Nonstop flight route between Udaipur, India and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Udaipur Airport (UDR), Udaipur, India and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,357 miles (or 13,449 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 Udaipur 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 Udaipur Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UDR / VAUD |
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Location: | Udaipur, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°37'4"N by 73°53'45"E |
Area Served: | Udaipur |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1684 feet (513 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UDR |
More Information: | UDR 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 Udaipur Airport (UDR):
- Udaipur Airport (UDR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Scenes from the movie The Darjeeling Limited were shot here.
- The closest airport to Udaipur Airport (UDR) is Jodhpur Airport (JDH), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) NNW of UDR.
- In addition to being known as "Udaipur Airport", other names for UDR include "Dabok Airport", "महाराणा प्रताप हवाई अड्डा" and "Maharana Pratap Airport".
- The furthest airport from Udaipur Airport (UDR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Udaipur Airport (meaning Udaipur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- It was officially opened as an Army Air Corps training center on 17 October 1941, following the arrival of the first military members on 14 June.
- 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.
- 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.
- The 80th FTW mission is to provide combat airpower by producing top quality fighter pilots for the NATO alliance.
- 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.
- 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.