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Wichita Falls Regional Airport (IATA: SPS [3], ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a public and military use airport six miles north of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas. [2] Its runways and taxiways are shared with Sheppard Air Force Base; most operations are military, but American Eagle flies commercial flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
For the 12-month period ending December 15, 2001, the airport had 11,332 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi. In August 2017, there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 2 ultra-lights.
TxDOT plans to continue this upgrade to the Fannin and Lamar County line by 2020. Long term planning calls for U.S. 82 to be a four-lane divided highway system the entire length between Wichita Falls and Texarkana as a potential alternate route through north Texas in order to bypass the overcrowded Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
The highway begins at US 281 and Rathgeber Road. [2] Loop 473 intersects SH 79 and FM 369 near Kickapoo Downtown Airport. Just south of downtown, the highway crosses US 281 again, which is cosigned with both US 82 and US 287 (East Central Freeway). Shortly after crossing the East Central Freeway, Loop 473 ends at Business US 287-J (Scott Avenue).
Interstate 44 (I-44 [a]) in the U.S. state of Texas is an Interstate Highway that has a short, but regionally important, 15.398-mile (24.781 km) stretch connecting Wichita Falls with Oklahoma. Its entire length runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 277 (US 277) and US 281 .
On November 7, 1958, US 287 was rerouted in downtown Wichita Falls, and the FM 171 designation was extended along Lincoln Street to its current western terminus. The eastern terminus was extended to the south, first 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to a county road on May 2, 1962, and then 4.6 miles (7.4 km) to its current location at FM 2332 on June 1, 1965.
Kickapoo Downtown Airport (IATA: KIP, ICAO: KCWC, FAA LID: CWC, formerly T47) is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.
Wichita County (/ ˈ w ɪ tʃ ɪ t ɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 129,350. [1] The county seat is Wichita Falls. [2] The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1882. [3] Wichita County is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas, TX metropolitan statistical area.