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Airport · SHR · Sheridan, Wyoming

Sheridan, WY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Sheridan, WY (SHR) ranks #293 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Sheridan, WY posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.6%
On-time
Top 19%
on-time, US airports
109 min
Delay when late
0.97%
Cancelled
#293 of 382
Corpus placement
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SHR on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%86.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 65,877.

Late Aircraft 20.3% (13,377 min)
Carrier 54.7% (36,024 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.6% (10,280 min)
Weather 9.0% (5,934 min)
Security 0.4% (262 min)

SHR - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (96.1%) · worst: February (90.9%)

90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93%

SHR - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 93.6% 91.8% ▼ -1.9%

SHR - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 22.8 min · taxi-in 5.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.3 min 29.8 min ▲ +27.9%

SHR's average taxi-out (22.8 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 34.5 min; the lightest is June 2024 at 16.4 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Sheridan, WY.

Cancellation Rate

0.97%

76 of 7,839 flights

Diversion Rate

0.29%

23 of 7,839 flights

Delay Rate

13.4%

1,048 of 7,839 flights

Top Routes from SHR

Busiest routes to and from Sheridan, WY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → SHR (Sheridan) 3,669 84.8% 359 mi
SHR (Sheridan) → DEN (Denver) 3,669 83.8% 359 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Sheridan, WY, both outside Wyoming so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 86.6%).

Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks, ND

86.6% on-time 14,798 flights

Pullman, WA

Pullman, WA

86.6% on-time 4,696 flights

Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls, TX

86.5% on-time 10,644 flights

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

86.5% on-time 7,922 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,839).

Devils Lake, ND

Devils Lake, ND

7,845 flights 86.3% on-time

North Platte, NE

North Platte, NE

7,873 flights 85% on-time

Pocatello, ID

Pocatello, ID

7,786 flights 93.7% on-time

Scottsbluff, NE

Scottsbluff, NE

7,768 flights 85.3% on-time

Other Airports in Wyoming

Compare performance with other Wyoming airports.

JAC 80.7%

Jackson, WY

Jackson · 64,902 flights
CPR 83.5%

Casper, WY

Casper · 20,592 flights
GCC 86%

Gillette, WY

Gillette · 8,123 flights
LAR 85.3%

Laramie, WY

Laramie · 7,419 flights
COD 78.9%

Cody, WY

Cody · 7,056 flights
RKS 86.4%

Rock Springs, WY

Rock Springs · 6,604 flights
RIW 85.6%

Riverton/Lander, WY

Riverton/Lander · 6,519 flights
CYS 85.4%

Cheyenne, WY

Cheyenne · 5,577 flights

SHR delay-share reading

The standout signal at Sheridan, WY is the delay mix: Carrier owns 54.7% of 65,877 delay minutes across 7,839 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.6% (7.6 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,048 delayed and 76 cancelled (0.97%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (20.3% late-aircraft, 54.7% carrier, 15.6% NAS, 9.0% weather, 0.4% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, SHR is strongest in September (96.1% on-time) and weakest in February (90.9%), a 5.2-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~121 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 84.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Wyoming: Wyoming flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using SHR's data

SHR's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from SHR before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than February if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 34.5 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.