Sheridan County
SHR · KSHR · Sheridan, Wyoming · Sheridan County · map
Sheridan County is a public-use airport owned by Sheridan County, 2 miles southwest of Sheridan, Wyoming, 4,021 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 8,301 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KSHR · observed 2:53 pm MDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:25 am MDT (17:25 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm MDT (23:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSHR 062053Z AUTO 36009KT 310V010 10SM CLR 28/M05 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02781050 58012
TAF KSHR 061725Z 0618/0718 34008KT P6SM FEW150 FM062300 VRB05KT P6SM FEW200
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SHR · ICAO KSHR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sheridan County
- Elevation
- 4,021 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,301 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 5,039 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 750 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Sheridan and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.75 | |
| Shr and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 307-288-0855.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Sheridan from the FAA register
424 aircraft are registered to owners in Sheridan, Wyoming: 297 piston singles, 36 piston twins, 33 turboprops, 31 business jets, 17 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 33; runway end identifier lights runway 06, 24, and 15; PAPI runway 06, 24, 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level sngl eng, 1500 feet above ground level turboprop/jet.
- Conditions not monitored at night aft the last air carrier arrival until 0500L. see NOTAMs for the most UP-TO-DATE conditions and updts.
- FW aircraft rstrd to runways and taxiways only.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -18C.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 33.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.