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Airport · SPS · Wichita Falls, Texas

Wichita Falls, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Wichita Falls, TX (SPS) ranks #247 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Wichita Falls, TX posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.5%
On-time
Top 20%
on-time, US airports
94 min
Delay when late
2.15%
Cancelled
#247 of 382
Corpus placement
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SPS on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%86.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 79,702.

Late Aircraft 21.5% (17,156 min)
Carrier 47.2% (37,600 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 11.3% (9,035 min)
Weather 19.7% (15,711 min)
Security 0.3% (200 min)

SPS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.4%) · worst: July (92.1%)

91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.7%

SPS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.2% 90.4% ▼ -6.0%

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

Average taxi-out 19.2 min · taxi-in 7.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.8 min 17.7 min ▼ -5.9%

SPS's average taxi-out (19.2 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is July 2025 at 24.8 min; the lightest is December 2024 at 14.9 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Wichita Falls, TX.

Cancellation Rate

2.15%

229 of 10,644 flights

Diversion Rate

0.04%

4 of 10,644 flights

Delay Rate

13.5%

1,433 of 10,644 flights

Top Routes from SPS

Busiest routes to and from Wichita Falls, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → SPS (Wichita Falls) 5,325 86.1% 113 mi
SPS (Wichita Falls) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,319 83.7% 113 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Wichita Falls, TX, both outside Texas 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: 86.5%).

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

86.5% on-time 7,922 flights

Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg, VA

86.5% on-time 2,116 flights

Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks, ND

86.6% on-time 14,798 flights

Texarkana, AR

Texarkana, AR

86.4% on-time 10,935 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 10,644).

Albany, GA

Albany, GA

10,492 flights 87.7% on-time

Lewiston, ID

Lewiston, ID

10,808 flights 89.7% on-time

Concord, NC

Concord, NC

10,857 flights 72.4% on-time

Grand Island, NE

Grand Island, NE

11,218 flights 82.4% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
ELP 81.4%

El Paso, TX

El Paso · 186,225 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights

SPS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Wichita Falls, TX is the delay mix: Carrier owns 47.2% of 79,702 delay minutes across 10,644 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.5% (7.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,433 delayed and 229 cancelled (2.15%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (21.5% late-aircraft, 47.2% carrier, 11.3% NAS, 19.7% weather, 0.3% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, SPS is strongest in September (95.4% on-time) and weakest in July (92.1%), a 3.3-point swing. Volume peaks in January (~164 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 86.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using SPS's data

SPS'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 SPS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. July 2025 averaged 24.8 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.