Flights Louisville → Washington
SDF → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Louisville to Washington, operated by an Embraer 175 aircraft, has a high on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 264 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1938 and handles approximately 25,453,581 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) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 344 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Louisville (SDF) to Washington (DCA) heads east for about 760 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Louisville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of SDF-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 344 tracked SDF-DCA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 3.8% 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-DCA
On the Louisville (SDF) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 344 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Louisville-Washington is 3.78% across 344 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.
