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Route Reliability

Louisville → Denver

SDFDEN · 1,024 miles · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to Denver International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,107
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines85%731 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%376 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SDF–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SDF–DEN flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 79%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 80%.

Ticking up lately.

SDF–DEN flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(153 flights)
  • Tue86%(156 flights)
  • Wed90%(153 flights)
  • Thu80%(157 flights)
  • Fri79%(155 flights)
  • Sat86%(153 flights)
  • Sun81%(167 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(37 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(273 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(222 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(74 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(427 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(61 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 74% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%92
July 202583%97
August 202581%94
September 202592%90
October 202585%93
November 202593%87
December 202571%92
January 202689%87
February 202681%84
March 202683%92
April 202688%91
May 202684%95

Based on 1,107 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.