Flights Louisville → Orlando
SDF → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to Orlando operates with an average on-time performance of 78%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 13.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 231 flights using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, which handles nearly 50 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) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 315 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to Orlando (MCO) heads south for about 1,158 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of SDF-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 315 tracked SDF-MCO flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.6% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SDF-MCO
On the Louisville (SDF) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 315 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-Orlando is 1.59% across 315 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
