Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Louisville (SDF)
- Distance
- 1,179 km
- 733 mi · 637 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 5 min / 2 h 23 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → SDF / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 148 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (88 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 368,180
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.3%
- Flights / week
- 74
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 469,534 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, OH, MQ
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DFW
- 57°
- Heading from SDF
- 244°
- Halfway point
- 35.67, -91.57
- Great-circle km
- 1,178 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → SDF
- 1 h 38 min
- In the air SDF → DFW
- 1 h 51 min
- Clocks
- Louisville is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 28,902 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,420 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,953 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,120 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,194 |
| Jan 2026 | 20,999 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,801 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,492 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,052 |
| May 2026 | 32,526 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,522 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,199 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 352 |
| Sep 2025 | 350 |
| Oct 2025 | 381 |
| Nov 2025 | 300 |
| Dec 2025 | 305 |
| Jan 2026 | 200 |
| Feb 2026 | 257 |
| Mar 2026 | 337 |
| Apr 2026 | 348 |
| May 2026 | 354 |
| Jun 2026 | 326 |
| Jul 2026 | 354 |
Airlines flying DFW–SDF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 44 | 72% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 15 | 14% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 13 | 12% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 2.1 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 774 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 705 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 677 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 676 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 597 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 156 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 126 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 80 flights
Also carried: 37 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 27 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,003
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67.1% | 34 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 81% | 24 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 81.9% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 81.3% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 11% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $299
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $275
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 94% of passengers · $299
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 2% of passengers · $276
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $267 · Q3 2025 $262 · Q4 2025 $278 · Q1 2026 $299).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,178 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |