OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Louisville to Washington

451 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SDF–IAD arrive on time 97% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate97%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay5 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 145 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time97%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights145

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Late aircraft82%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather44%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 16 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 SDF → IAD

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 92% to 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 772 flights
  • Middays92% on time · p90 10 min · 381 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 86% to 96% on time.

  • Tuesdays96% on time · p90 5 min · 165 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays95% on time · p90 on time · 167 flights · limited
  • Fridays95% on time · p90 5 min · 175 flights · limited
  • Mondays94% on time · p90 on time · 174 flights · limited
  • Saturdays92% on time · p90 5 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Thursdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 178 flights · limited
  • Sundays86% on time · p90 15 min · 182 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.