Flights Phoenix → Louisville
PHX → SDF
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Louisville has a punctuality rate of 64%, with an average delay of 16.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 96 flights, serving a significant number of passengers at the destination airport, which handles approximately 3,346,545 travelers 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 Phoenix (PHX) → Louisville (SDF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 127 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.2/100 (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 Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Louisville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Louisville (SDF) heads east for about 2,418 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 27m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of PHX-SDF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Louisville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 127 tracked PHX-SDF flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-SDF
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Louisville (SDF) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 127 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Louisville is 0.00% across 127 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
