OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Louisville

733 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–SDF arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,883 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights233
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel6.3%
    Flights494
  • American Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,156

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather82%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 67 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DFW → SDF

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 30 min · 1,132 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,303 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,883 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 70 min · 1,065 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 70 min · 836 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 838 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 816 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 855 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 60 min · 911 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 60 min · 942 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 60 min · 926 flights
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 931 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.