The flight time from Denver to Louisville is 2 hours, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DEN Denver, CO 3 minutes late.
17 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 2 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SDF Louisville, KY 3 minutes late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
75%
Southwest
69%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Denver to Louisville is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 2 minutes.

The flight distance from Denver to Louisville is 1024 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Louisville to Denver
2 hours, 52 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 21m
United
2h 29m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

21

Distance

1024 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
14
Southwest
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Denver from Louisville by plane?

The distance from Denver to Louisville by plane is 1024 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Denver to Louisville?

The flight time from Denver to Louisville is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 2 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 21 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 29 minutes.

What airlines fly from Denver to Louisville?

Southwest and United are the airlines with direct flights from Denver to Louisville.

Does Southwest fly from Denver to Louisville?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Denver (DEN) to Louisville (SDF). On average, they have 7 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Denver 3 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 122 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Louisville 3 minutes late

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Denver to Louisville, Southwest is 69% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 69% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 75% 24% 1%
Southwest 69% 31% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Denver and Louisville, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 13 122 4 141
United 19 122 6 149

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
8pm 0.08
4pm 0.01
7pm 0.06
9am 0.63
10am 0.42
3pm 0.1
11am 0.07
1pm 0.14
5pm 0.96
6pm 0.32
9pm 0.02
2pm 0.22
12pm 0.05

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver to Louisville that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 86
February 80
March 91
April 90
May 117
June 96
July 96
August 93
September 97
October 102
November 91
December 94

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver to Louisville that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 3.08
Tuesday 3.04
Wednesday 3.06
Thursday 3.12
Friday 3.08
Saturday 3.08
Sunday 3.35

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 0
Southwest 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
8pm 13 123 4 141
4pm 11 117 4 135
7pm 12 117 5 137
9am 18 122 6 148
10am 19 121 6 147
3pm 11 120 5 137
11am 12 126 5 142
1pm 13 120 5 138
5pm 19 123 7 151
6pm 15 121 4 143
9pm 13 120 5 140
2pm 11 125 5 142
12pm 10 123 4 138
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.