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Airport month · November 2023

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in November 2023

88.9%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,885 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 88.0% of the time (1,885 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time88.9%—80.0%86.0%
Arrived on time89.0%—79.7%86.2%
Cancelled0.2%—2.2%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.8 min—15.9 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day63—6318,793
Scheduled departures1,885—23,144563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines45224%91.4%-4.5 min0.2%
YX Republic Airline42022%95.2%-12.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines21912%82.2%16.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines18410%91.8%-4.1 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines18210%92.3%-6.6 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1196%68.1%17.8 min0.8%
OH PSA Airlines895%91.0%-7.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines895%89.9%2.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air865%83.7%-4.5 min1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air442%72.7%12.0 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air10%100.0%-38.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta23892.4%-3.8 min0.0%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth16883.9%1.0 min0.6%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago16487.8%-1.2 min0.0%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte14783.7%17.8 min0.0%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York12696.8%-13.3 min0.0%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando9270.7%15.2 min0.0%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9191.2%-8.3 min0.0%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark8794.3%-12.5 min0.0%
SDF–BWILouisville to Baltimore8690.7%-7.4 min1.2%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago8694.2%-5.7 min0.0%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington8394.0%-9.7 min0.0%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit7693.4%-9.4 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier55.1%42.5%9,084
Late-arriving aircraft32.9%37.3%5,420
National Aviation System10.9%16.2%1,804
Extreme weather1.1%3.7%176
Security0.0%0.3%4
16,488 delay minutes on 205 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 November 2023?

88.9% of 1,885 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.