OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Miami to Louisville

910 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MIA–SDF arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 340 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights340

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline17%
  • Weather83%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 6 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 MIA → SDF

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

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.

  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 35 min · 196 flights · limited
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,086 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 181 flights · limited
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 55 min · 192 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 176 flights · limited
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 65 min · 227 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 70 min · 187 flights · limited
  • Thursdays66% on time · p90 80 min · 190 flights · limited
  • Sundays62% on time · p90 80 min · 196 flights · limited

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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.