Flights Louisville → Dallas-Fort Worth
SDF → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a mix of aircraft including the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Airbus A319, and Embraer RJ140. With 79% of flights arriving on time, the route experiences an average delay of 29.5 minutes per flight among its total of 482 flights annually, serving a destination airport that handles over 87 million passengers yearly.
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 Louisville (SDF) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 643 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-west for about 1,178 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 54m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of SDF-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 643 tracked SDF-DFW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 2.3% 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 SDF-DFW
On the Louisville (SDF) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 643 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-Dallas-Fort Worth is 2.33% across 643 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.
