Flights Miami → Louisville
MIA → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to Louisville operates with an average on-time performance rate of 75%, experiencing a mean delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 98 flights using Embraer RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 3.35 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 Miami (MIA) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 136 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Louisville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Louisville (SDF) heads north for about 1,468 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 89% of MIA-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 136 tracked MIA-SDF flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.7% 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 MIA-SDF
On the Miami (MIA) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 136 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Louisville is 0.74% across 136 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.
