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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Louisville

MSPSDF · 604 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,060
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,060 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSP–SDF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–SDF flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Saturdays and just 75% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–SDF flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon76%(156 flights)
  • Tue81%(151 flights)
  • Wed83%(149 flights)
  • Thu82%(153 flights)
  • Fri82%(152 flights)
  • Sat93%(126 flights)
  • Sun75%(153 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(152 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(130 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(209 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(194 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(355 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 81% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%112
July 202580%115
August 202580%100
September 202593%83
October 202588%91
November 202578%83
December 202569%74
January 202677%53
February 202682%50
March 202681%69
April 202686%93
May 202680%117

Based on 1,060 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.