Flights Philadelphia → Louisville
PHL → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Louisville operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 86%. Over the course of the year, there have been 232 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, with an average delay time of 5.6 minutes per flight.
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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 275 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Louisville (SDF) heads west for about 926 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 35m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of PHL-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 275 tracked PHL-SDF flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 2.2% 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 PHL-SDF
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 275 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Louisville is 2.18% across 275 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.
