Flights Baltimore → Louisville
BWI → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Louisville has a 78% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 10.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 192 total flights, connecting two cities with significant air traffic: Baltimore's airport, which opened in 1947, and Louisville, a hub for millions of annual passengers.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 260 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.9/100 (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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Louisville (SDF) heads west for about 795 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of BWI-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 260 tracked BWI-SDF flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-SDF
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 260 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Louisville is 1.54% across 260 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
