Nonstop flight route between Dalbandin, Pakistan and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dalbandin Airport (DBA), Dalbandin, Pakistan and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,952 miles (or 12,797 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 Dalbandin 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 Dalbandin 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: | DBA / OPDB |
Airport Name: | Dalbandin Airport |
Location: | Dalbandin, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°52'30"N by 64°24'15"E |
Area Served: | Dalbandin, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2782 feet (848 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DBA |
More Information: | DBA 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 Dalbandin Airport (DBA):
- The furthest airport from Dalbandin Airport (DBA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Dalbandin Airport (meaning Dalbandin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,042 miles (19,380 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Dalbandin Airport (DBA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Dalbandin Airport (DBA) is Panjgur Airport (PJG), which is located 134 miles (215 kilometers) S of DBA.
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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
- 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 Air Force School of Health Care Sciences offered training in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and health-services administration.
- 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 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.
- Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States.
- Sheppard AFB shares one runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport under a joint civil-military arrangement.
- The aircraft mechanics school was transferred to Sheppard from Keesler AFB, Mississippi in April 1949 to make room for expansion of electronic training at that base.