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Route Reliability

Louisville → Newark

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

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
969
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines87% on time · 948 flights
  • Spirit Airlines72% on time · 21 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.

SDF–EWR flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

SDF–EWR flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 82%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

SDF–EWR flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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
  • Mon82%(133 flights)
  • Tue88%(131 flights)
  • Wed92%(129 flights)
  • Thu89%(136 flights)
  • Fri85%(136 flights)
  • Sat86%(127 flights)
  • Sun83%(132 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(524 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(57 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(301 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(35 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 83% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%65
July 202581%68
August 202584%64
September 202594%62
October 202589%93
November 202576%80
December 202573%71
January 202689%79
February 202692%75
March 202682%84
April 202692%91
May 202696%92

Based on 969 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.