On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2026

Louisville Muhammad Ali International in July 2026

76.2%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,015 domestic departures from Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.4% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so SDF departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 2,176 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at SDF that month were on time 69.3% of the time (2,015 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled departure from SDF in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJul 2026Jul 2025SDF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time76.2%75.1%80.0%68.8%
Arrived on time75.4%76.1%79.7%69.4%
Cancelled2.6%2.6%2.2%2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.0 min20.4 min15.9 min24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day67736321,066
Scheduled departures2,0152,17623,144631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline55327%81.9%-2.2 min4.9%
WN Southwest Airlines49224%79.7%4.0 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines24012%82.5%0.4 min0.4%
OH PSA Airlines1839%61.7%13.5 min6.6%
AA American Airlines1507%69.3%24.3 min2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1286%62.5%10.9 min3.1%
MQ Envoy Air1105%77.3%2.9 min0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air985%45.9%60.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines613%82.0%-5.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SDF–ORDLouisville to Chicago24875.0%0.5 min3.2%
SDF–ATLLouisville to Atlanta24082.5%0.4 min0.4%
SDF–DFWLouisville to Dallas/Fort Worth17869.1%15.2 min1.7%
SDF–CLTLouisville to Charlotte14571.0%12.7 min2.8%
SDF–EWRLouisville to Newark9276.1%-2.4 min12.0%
SDF–MDWLouisville to Chicago9282.6%4.3 min1.1%
SDF–DENLouisville to Denver9184.6%-4.2 min0.0%
SDF–LGALouisville to New York8980.9%-9.1 min7.9%
SDF–DCALouisville to Washington8870.5%3.9 min6.8%
SDF–BWILouisville to Baltimore8380.7%4.4 min2.4%
SDF–MCOLouisville to Orlando6875.0%4.4 min0.0%
SDF–BNALouisville to Nashville6267.7%11.8 min1.6%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2026Minutes
Air carrier24.3%31.7%7,890
Late-arriving aircraft48.6%41.8%15,758
National Aviation System21.8%19.9%7,075
Extreme weather3.4%6.5%1,097
Security1.8%0.1%593
32,413 delay minutes on 426 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← June 2026

Questions and answers

How many flights left SDF on time in July 2026?

76.2% of 2,015 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.1% of 2,176 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 2.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2026; 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.