Nonstop flight route between Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT), Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,633 miles (or 2,628 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 Chibougamau/Chapais Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YMT / CYMT |
Airport Name: | Chibougamau/Chapais Airport |
Location: | Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°46'18"N by 74°31'41"W |
Area Served: | Chibougamau, Chapais, Ouje-Bougoumou, Mistissini |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Quebec |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1270 feet (387 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YMT |
More Information: | YMT 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 |
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More Information: | SPS Maps & Info |
Facts about Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT):
- The closest airport to Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) is Dolbeau-Saint-Félicien Airport (YDO), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) SE of YMT.
- The furthest airport from Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,238 miles (18,085 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (YMT) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- Sheppard Air Force Base is named in honor of Senator John Morris Sheppard of Texas, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee from 1933 until his death on 9 April 1941.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 3630th Flying Training Wing was activated in 1965, and it assumed the helicopter training program.
- 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.
- 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 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.