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Route Reliability

Houston → Louisville

IAHSDF · 788 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
1,068
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines81% on time · 1,067 flights
  • American Airlines100% on time · 1 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.

IAH–SDF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 83% on time on Thursdays against 79% on Sundays.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–SDF flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon79%(156 flights)
  • Tue81%(150 flights)
  • Wed82%(153 flights)
  • Thu83%(152 flights)
  • Fri81%(156 flights)
  • Sat81%(133 flights)
  • Sun79%(150 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(51 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(290 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(351 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(357 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 57% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%85
July 202572%86
August 202574%90
September 202591%89
October 202582%93
November 202592%86
December 202583%92
January 202684%82
February 202692%79
March 202676%82
April 202686%92
May 202682%94

Based on 1,068 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.