Nonstop flight route between Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Wichita Falls, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,008 miles (or 8,060 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGF / SBMG |
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Location: | Maringá, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°28'45"S by 52°0'43"W |
Area Served: | Maringá |
Operator/Owner: | Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG S.A. SEIL |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1788 feet (545 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MGF |
More Information: | MGF 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF):
- It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná.
- Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport", another name for MGF is "Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior".
- The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants.
- The furthest airport from Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (meaning Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
- Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport handled 677,264 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) ENE of MGF.
Facts about Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS):
- The Air Force School of Health Care Sciences offered training in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and health-services administration.
- In addition to being known as "Sheppard Air Force Base", another name for SPS is "Sheppard AFB".
- As of September 2013, Brigadier General Scott Kindsvater is the commander of the 82d Training Wing, and he concurrently serves as the installation commander of Sheppard AFB.
- 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.
- 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 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.