Flights Louisville → New York
SDF → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to New York operates with an Embraer RJ140 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of only 4.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 259 flights serving one of the world's busiest airports for passenger traffic, which handles approximately 29 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) → New York (LGA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 384 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to New York (LGA) heads east for about 1,058 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 45m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of SDF-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 384 tracked SDF-LGA flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 7.0% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about SDF-LGA
On the Louisville (SDF) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 384 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-New York is 7.03% across 384 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
