Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal
SPS · KSPS · Wichita Falls, Texas · Wichita County · map
Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal is a public-use airport owned by United States Air Force., 5 miles north of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1,019 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 15R/33L, is 13,100 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 213 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 202,034 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28,229 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
Its FAA code is SPS, and its ICAO code is KSPS.
Where is Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
It is 5 miles north of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1,019 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
The longest of its 4 runways, 15R/33L, is 13,100 feet long.
Does Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
Airline flights go to 7 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal, Laughlin/Bullhead International, Austin-Bergstrom International, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SPS · ICAO KSPS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- United States Air Force.
- Elevation
- 1,019 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 1200-0200z++ mon-fri; 1800-2300z++ sunday; closed saturday and holidays, ot use the common traffic frequency.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15R/33L | 13,100 × 300 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 15C/33C | 10,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 7,021 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 15L/33R | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15R: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 15C: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 33C: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 15L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33R: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.75 | Sheppard |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.05 | Sheppard |
| Clearance delivery | 121.2 | Sheppard |
| Ground | 125.5 | Sheppard |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 | Sheppard |
| Departure · Approach and departure | 120.4 | Sheppard |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Sheppard |
| Wichita Falls Rco | 122.3 | Wichita Falls |
| Wichita Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 | Sheppard |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 940-208-0073.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Kickapoo Downtown Airport (8 nm south), Lawton-Fort Sill Regional (35 nm north), Halliburton Field (39 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 33L - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level light aircraft, 800 feet above ground level, 1300 feet above ground level conventional and jet, runway 15R/33L 1800 feet above ground level overhead.
- Rail out of service until further notice.
- Tran alert: operates 1200-0200Z++ wkd; 1800-2300Z++ Sunday, closed Saturday and holidays.
- During periods when control tower is closed exercise caution when taxiing; the civil airport is located to the south and the military ramp is located to the west of the runways. Field condition NOTAM (ficon) (rsc/rcr) not rprtd when tower closed.
- Restricted: tran aircraft ltd to one approach to a full stop landing and must taxi to parking durg stu training.
- Migratory bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport from OCT-APR.
- Caution: military airport conducts HI performance jet training in a HI density environment within 95 NM of ksps, 1200-0200Z++ MON-FRI to FL390, and when tower hour extn by NOTAM, occasionally Saturday and Sunday.
- (A89) LC call to Flight Service 855-5574.
- A-GEAR: MA-1A runway 15R-33L not raised, unless 80TH ftw is flying, rqr 30 minimum PN when tower operates.
- Misc: base operations 1200-0200Z++ wkd; 1800-2300Z++ Sunday; closed Saturday and holidays.
- Due to close proximity of runways 33L and 33C use vigilance with monitor gnd track for the HI-TACAN runway 33C approach.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 760 departures from SPS in those twelve months, carrying 34,533 passengers in 51,727 seats (67% filled), to 7 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 7 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 3 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 1 |
| other | 200 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 202,034, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3,265 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,262 |
| general aviation, local | 1,375 |
| military | 196,132 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wichita Falls from the FAA register
166 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita Falls, Texas: 114 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 13 business jets, 7 turboprops, 7 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Wichita Falls Bravo Flight Training is a Part 141 flight school operating at Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland and Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Repair stations in Wichita Falls:
- Cobra Kai Flight Services LLC Aerospace N3XT is an integrated aviation services provider based in Wichita Falls, Texas.
- P&Wc Component Repairs (Wichita Falls)
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner.
- Uwe Horst Zeizinger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wichita Falls, TX (0 nm) · (940) 631-9851 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wichita Falls 166 aircraft · 114 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 13 business jets
- Rk Air & Land Investments LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Whiskey Uniform LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cobra Kai INC 2 aircraft in town
- Chasah Operations LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Cobra Kai Flight Services LLC · repair station
- P&Wc Component Repairs (Wichita Falls) · repair station
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 750 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal (SPS) 4 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Lawton-Fort Sill Regional (LAW) 1 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc.
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Reno/Tahoe International (RNO) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SPS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.