OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Louisville to Philadelphia

576 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SDF–PHL arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 380 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights263
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights117

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline46%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2 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 → PHL

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 70% to 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 10 min · 336 flights
  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 646 flights
  • Evenings74% on time · p90 60 min · 224 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 55 min · 196 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 87% on time.

  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 155 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 191 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 180 flights · limited
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 20 min · 217 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 35 min · 221 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 30 min · 217 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 221 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.