The flight time from Louisville to Orlando is 1 hour, 59 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SDF Louisville, KY 1 minute early.
11 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 38 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MCO Orlando, FL 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
86%
Spirit
68%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Louisville to Orlando is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes.

The flight distance from Louisville to Orlando is 719 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Orlando to Louisville
2 hours, 4 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 58m
Spirit
2h 2m
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

20

Distance

719 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
13
Spirit
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Louisville from Orlando by plane?

The distance from Louisville to Orlando by plane is 719 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Louisville to Orlando?

The flight time from Louisville to Orlando is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 58 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 2 hours, 2 minutes.

What airlines fly from Louisville to Orlando?

Southwest and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Louisville to Orlando.

Does Southwest fly from Louisville to Orlando?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Louisville (SDF) to Orlando (MCO). On average, they have 13 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 Louisville 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 11 minutes
In the Air 98 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Orlando 4 minutes early

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 Louisville to Orlando, Southwest is 86% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 86% 14% 0%
Spirit 68% 31% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Louisville and Orlando, 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 10 99 8 118
Spirit 12 98 9 122

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
6am 0.5
8pm 0.02
9am 0.04
5pm 0.4
7pm 0.04
2pm 0.01
11am 0.14
10pm 0.01
8am 0.03
4pm 0.16
5am 0.26
6pm 0.21
9pm 0.02
7am 0.99
12pm 0.04
1pm 0.03
10am 0.02
3pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Louisville to Orlando 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 83
February 79
March 107
April 101
May 98
June 94
July 96
August 68
September 71
October 94
November 92
December 96

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Louisville to Orlando 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 2.9
Tuesday 2.85
Wednesday 2.79
Thursday 2.87
Friday 2.88
Saturday 3.52
Sunday 2.94

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
Southwest 0
Spirit 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)
6am 11 98 8 119
8pm 9 99 14 131
9am 11 98 7 117
5pm 10 99 8 118
7pm 11 98 20 129
2pm 10 98 9 117
11am 11 99 6 118
10pm 10 98 5 112
8am 11 98 8 120
4pm 10 100 10 122
5am 10 98 8 117
6pm 10 98 9 118
9pm 11 96 7 118
7am 12 99 9 122
12pm 12 97 9 118
1pm 11 100 14 125
10am 9 96 9 115
3pm 12 99 12 123
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.