On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2023

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in August 2023

85.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,023 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 79.6% of the time (2,024 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 26%.

Every scheduled departure from SDF in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time85.5%—80.0%76.7%
Arrived on time84.4%—79.7%76.9%
Cancelled1.3%—2.2%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.6 min—15.9 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day67—6320,100
Scheduled departures2,023—23,144602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline47423%88.6%-5.8 min0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines39520%83.8%1.8 min1.8%
AA American Airlines26013%79.6%11.8 min1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines19610%87.2%1.1 min1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines1869%91.9%-9.8 min2.2%
MQ Envoy Air1286%84.4%-3.1 min0.8%
UA United Airlines1236%78.9%3.2 min1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines1075%67.3%14.4 min1.9%
OH PSA Airlines935%86.0%-2.9 min1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air452%77.8%4.3 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air161%100.0%-18.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta25286.1%0.7 min1.2%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth18488.0%-5.7 min0.0%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte15473.4%22.0 min2.6%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York13593.3%-13.1 min1.5%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago13180.2%6.1 min1.5%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington10888.9%-4.4 min0.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago9981.8%4.9 min2.0%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9381.7%4.2 min1.1%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit9390.3%-9.6 min3.2%
SDF–BOSLouisville to Boston9176.9%3.5 min2.2%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark8989.9%-5.6 min1.1%
SDF–MSPLouisville to Minneapolis7994.9%-11.4 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier32.0%36.7%6,549
Late-arriving aircraft34.7%42.2%7,098
National Aviation System26.3%15.7%5,382
Extreme weather7.1%5.1%1,452
Security0.0%0.2%0
20,481 delay minutes on 283 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SDF on time in August 2023?

85.5% of 2,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SDF · methodology · corrections.