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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KSPS · observed 4:52 pm CDT (21:52 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSPS 062152Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 30/11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03000111
TAF KSPS 061720Z 0618/0718 18009KT P6SM SKC FM070000 14005KT P6SM SKC FM071500 18008KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 202,034, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.