Flights Louisville → Las Vegas
SDF → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to Las Vegas has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.1 minutes per flight when delays do occur. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which serves approximately 52,667,741 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) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 126 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads west for about 2,607 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 41m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of SDF-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 126 tracked SDF-LAS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% 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 SDF-LAS
On the Louisville (SDF) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 126 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-Las Vegas is 0.00% across 126 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.
