Flights Louisville → Minneapolis
SDF → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to Minneapolis operates with an 84% on-time performance rate, experiencing an average delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 219 flights using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 31 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 Louisville (SDF) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 276 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 971 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of SDF-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 276 tracked SDF-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SDF-MSP
On the Louisville (SDF) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 276 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-Minneapolis is 2.54% across 276 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
