Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS) delays & on-time performance
Wichita Falls, Texas · 1 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SPS right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.2%
23 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
111 min when late
Departed on time
85%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 729 departures from SPS; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SPS were on time 85% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS) arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 3.2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (83%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (86% on time); around 5am did worst (75%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (37%).
Most delayed routes from SPS
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
Most reliable routes from SPS
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth84%729 flts
Best airline at SPS
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 84% | 3.7% | 18 min | 1 | 542 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 83% | 1.6% | 20 min | 1 | 187 |
Best time to fly out of SPS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am75%77 flts
- 6am86%288 flts
- 2pm84%363 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
- Late-arriving aircraft29%
- Extreme weather22%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.