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Route Reliability

Newark → Louisville

EWRSDF · 642 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
4.7%
Cancelled
970
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines82% on time · 948 flights
  • Spirit Airlines71% on time · 22 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–SDF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 48% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–SDF flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(134 flights)
  • Tue84%(130 flights)
  • Wed84%(131 flights)
  • Thu85%(134 flights)
  • Fri81%(137 flights)
  • Sat83%(125 flights)
  • Sun74%(132 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(4 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(332 flights)
  • 12–3 PM48%(27 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(203 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(278 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(79 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 79% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%67
July 202578%68
August 202583%64
September 202589%61
October 202576%91
November 202576%78
December 202576%70
January 202685%79
February 202689%75
March 202677%87
April 202686%91
May 202691%92

Based on 970 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.