Flights Atlanta → Louisville
ATL → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to Louisville has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 4.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 666 flights using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-88, MD-90, and Boeing 717, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 3.35 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Atlanta (ATL) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 878 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to Louisville (SDF) heads north for about 518 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of ATL-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 878 tracked ATL-SDF flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-SDF
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 878 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-Louisville is 1.71% across 878 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
