On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2024

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in May 2024

75.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,295 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.6% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 72.0% of the time (2,296 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time75.9%—80.0%73.4%
Arrived on time73.6%—79.7%72.3%
Cancelled1.4%—2.2%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.5 min—15.9 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day77—6320,325
Scheduled departures2,295—23,144609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline53723%83.8%-1.6 min0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines45120%74.5%7.5 min0.2%
AA American Airlines26211%59.2%44.0 min5.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines25611%82.0%2.2 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines21910%83.1%2.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1707%47.6%42.2 min4.1%
OH PSA Airlines1346%66.4%23.9 min1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines1075%75.7%10.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines834%67.5%23.1 min1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air633%58.7%27.7 min1.6%
9E Endeavor Air131%92.3%-1.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta26284.4%0.3 min0.0%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago21675.9%9.1 min1.4%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth20850.5%44.1 min9.1%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte18662.9%45.4 min1.1%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York14487.5%-1.1 min1.4%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit11984.0%4.2 min0.0%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando9981.8%1.3 min0.0%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9674.0%9.9 min1.0%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark9686.5%-7.2 min1.0%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington9174.7%17.5 min1.1%
SDF–MSPLouisville to Minneapolis9086.7%-3.2 min0.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago8975.3%7.5 min1.1%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier32.3%29.8%13,972
Late-arriving aircraft41.7%43.0%18,048
National Aviation System21.9%20.1%9,497
Extreme weather3.6%7.0%1,558
Security0.5%0.1%231
43,306 delay minutes on 566 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 May 2024?

75.9% of 2,295 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.