Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Louisville
DFW → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Louisville operates with an average on-time performance of 67%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 19.8 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 481 flights are conducted using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Airbus A319, and Embraer RJ140, serving an airport that sees around 3,346,545 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 641 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.4/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Louisville (SDF) heads north-east for about 1,178 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 54m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of DFW-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 641 tracked DFW-SDF flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-SDF
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 641 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Louisville is 2.65% across 641 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
