On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2024

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in April 2024

85.1%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,048 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 81.0% of the time (2,049 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time85.1%—80.0%80.5%
Arrived on time83.4%—79.7%80.2%
Cancelled0.5%—2.2%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.4 min—15.9 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day68—6319,406
Scheduled departures2,048—23,144582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline50725%91.1%-7.6 min0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines44021%83.2%2.9 min0.5%
AA American Airlines21410%72.4%11.8 min1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines20210%94.6%-8.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines20210%84.2%4.0 min0.5%
MQ Envoy Air1397%66.2%9.2 min1.4%
OH PSA Airlines1387%71.7%13.8 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines884%80.7%3.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines573%84.2%1.2 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air533%86.8%-3.8 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air80%100.0%-17.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta25093.6%-7.2 min0.0%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago20580.0%-0.3 min0.0%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth18073.3%3.8 min3.3%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte17669.9%17.7 min0.0%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York12988.4%-6.4 min1.6%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit10690.6%-8.4 min0.0%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando10186.1%1.1 min0.0%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9086.7%2.3 min0.0%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark9096.7%-15.1 min0.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago8684.9%-3.2 min0.0%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington8281.7%11.1 min0.0%
SDF–BWILouisville to Baltimore7784.4%-0.6 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier38.0%33.6%7,742
Late-arriving aircraft34.3%41.0%6,977
National Aviation System23.5%20.0%4,783
Extreme weather3.6%5.1%735
Security0.6%0.2%122
20,359 delay minutes on 325 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 April 2024?

85.1% of 2,048 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.