[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.
[4] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 47,191 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 43,952 in 2009 and 44,296 in 2010.
The carrier had begun a new route between El Paso and Tulsa stopping at many points including Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, Lawton, and Oklahome City.
[16] Texas International Airlines began jet service into the airport in 1968 with seven flights a day all operated with McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jetliners.
[21] Texas Star Airlines began providing service from Wichita Falls and Dallas Love Field, Austin, Fort Worth Meacham Airport, and Brownsville in 1981.
[25] Atlantic Southeast Airlines began serving Wichita Falls, branded as Delta Connection, in 1986, with flights to Dallas–Fort Worth.
This left American Airlines as the only carrier offering scheduled commercial service to Wichita Falls.
It has four runways:[2] In the year ending September 30, 2020, the airport had 202,034 aircraft operations, average 553 per day: 97% military, <2% general aviation, and 2% airline.