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PHL vs SDF - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
PHL

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Airport B
SDF

Louisville, KY

Louisville, Kentucky

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric PHL SDF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.3% 82.8%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 84.7 min 78.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.7% 17.2%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.19% 1.24%
Total Flights 1,060,086 252,784
Delayed Flights 198,194 43,419
Cancelled Flights 12,586 3,127
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

Late Aircraft 41.1%
Carrier 31.7%
NAS 22.4%
Weather 4.7%
Security 0.2%

SDF - Louisville, KY

Carrier 38.1%
Late Aircraft 33.8%
NAS 21.6%
Weather 6.3%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from PHL

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → PHL
Philadelphia
32,254 74.8%
PHL → MCO
Orlando
32,240 76.4%
ATL → PHL
Philadelphia
32,104 80.2%
PHL → ATL
Atlanta
32,089 83.4%
PHL → BOS
Boston
26,321 82%
BOS → PHL
Philadelphia
26,282 83.5%

Top routes from SDF

Route Flights On-Time
SDF → ATL
Atlanta
16,538 89.5%
ATL → SDF
Louisville
16,535 86.5%
SDF → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
11,294 78.2%
DFW → SDF
Louisville
11,290 75.7%
CLT → SDF
Louisville
11,247 80.2%
SDF → CLT
Charlotte
11,237 82.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.