On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in February 2024

89.0%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,684 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 89.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 85.6% of the time (1,686 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and air carrier 28%.

Every scheduled departure from SDF in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time89.0%—80.0%84.0%
Arrived on time86.9%—79.7%83.4%
Cancelled0.4%—2.2%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.4 min—15.9 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day56—6317,307
Scheduled departures1,684—23,144519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline38623%88.3%-7.9 min1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines37422%91.4%-6.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines23514%75.3%8.1 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines16510%96.4%-12.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1348%88.8%-3.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1107%79.1%0.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines976%85.6%-2.9 min2.1%
OH PSA Airlines875%90.8%-7.2 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines513%72.5%22.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air422%85.7%-7.8 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air30%100.0%-22.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta19894.9%-10.9 min0.0%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth15979.2%1.0 min0.0%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago14384.6%-1.9 min0.7%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte14284.5%1.0 min0.0%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York12483.1%1.4 min1.6%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver8786.2%-3.6 min1.1%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark8794.3%-19.9 min3.4%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington8185.2%-0.2 min0.0%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando7988.6%9.4 min0.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago7692.1%-6.7 min0.0%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit6991.3%-3.5 min0.0%
SDF–BWILouisville to Baltimore5891.4%-4.7 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier28.1%35.9%3,526
Late-arriving aircraft29.4%36.9%3,693
National Aviation System38.8%21.7%4,878
Extreme weather3.6%5.3%458
Security0.1%0.3%12
12,567 delay minutes on 213 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 February 2024?

89.0% of 1,684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.