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Airport month · July 2024

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in July 2024

73.1%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,183 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.0% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 63.9% of the time (2,182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 16%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierSDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time73.1%—80.0%68.5%
Arrived on time72.0%—79.7%68.1%
Cancelled2.7%—2.2%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)24.0 min—15.9 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day73—6321,154
Scheduled departures2,183—23,144634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline59027%81.4%5.3 min1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines45521%75.2%7.7 min0.7%
OH PSA Airlines23011%61.7%51.5 min2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines22110%70.1%26.7 min8.6%
AA American Airlines1858%55.7%32.6 min4.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines1356%77.8%15.6 min0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines964%58.3%26.4 min4.2%
MQ Envoy Air934%75.3%10.3 min1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air904%62.2%31.7 min4.4%
UA United Airlines643%76.6%2.2 min3.1%
9E Endeavor Air241%54.2%12.9 min4.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta25272.2%23.1 min7.5%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth20863.5%35.8 min1.0%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte18254.9%27.5 min4.9%
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago14279.6%8.7 min2.1%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York13978.4%7.9 min1.4%
SDF–DTWLouisville to Detroit11686.2%4.2 min0.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago10479.8%5.9 min1.9%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9779.4%1.7 min2.1%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando9672.9%14.1 min1.0%
SDF–PHLLouisville to Philadelphia8778.2%11.4 min2.3%
SDF–MSPLouisville to Minneapolis8570.6%12.7 min1.2%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington8362.7%75.6 min4.8%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier39.3%36.6%20,142
Late-arriving aircraft41.4%42.7%21,211
National Aviation System16.3%16.0%8,324
Extreme weather2.9%4.6%1,501
Security0.0%0.1%21
51,199 delay minutes on 545 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 July 2024?

73.1% of 2,183 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.