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Airport month · October 2024
Louisville Muhammad Ali International in October 2024
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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,179 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,144 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 87.8% of the time (2,180 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 89.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.0%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | SDF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 89.9% | 87.6% | 80.0% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 89.0% | 87.1% | 79.7% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.3 min | 9.5 min | 15.9 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 73 | 72 | 63 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,179 | 2,144 | 23,144 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 625 | 29% | 91.4% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 459 | 21% | 88.5% | -3.9 min | 2.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 231 | 11% | 77.5% | 16.2 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 222 | 10% | 95.9% | -11.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 188 | 9% | 89.9% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 135 | 6% | 97.0% | -10.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 97 | 4% | 88.7% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 87 | 4% | 83.9% | -2.4 min | 1.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 72 | 3% | 73.6% | 16.1 min | 5.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 3% | 93.5% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDF–ATL | Louisville to Atlanta | 249 | 96.0% | -11.3 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–ORD | Louisville to Chicago | 191 | 88.0% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–DFW | Louisville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 177 | 88.7% | -7.4 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–CLT | Louisville to Charlotte | 174 | 78.7% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–LGA | Louisville to New York | 139 | 94.2% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–DTW | Louisville to Detroit | 114 | 96.5% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–DEN | Louisville to Denver | 93 | 94.6% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–EWR | Louisville to Newark | 92 | 95.7% | -11.6 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–DCA | Louisville to Washington | 89 | 89.9% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–MDW | Louisville to Chicago | 87 | 93.1% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–MSP | Louisville to Minneapolis | 87 | 97.7% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| SDF–BWI | Louisville to Baltimore | 86 | 88.4% | -1.7 min | 1.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SDF on time in October 2024?
89.9% of 2,179 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 87.6% of 2,144 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 89.9% and 0.7% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.