Philadelphia to Louisville flight

Flights from Philadelphia to Louisville start at €78.02 and take 4h 47m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Philadelphia to Louisville starts at €78.02 and takes 4h 47m door to door, run by 3 operators over 961 km, with around 14 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 47mDoor to door
  • 1h 37mMoving
  • €98.08 to €174.78From
  • 06:18 to 18:34First and last departure
  • 14Per day
  • 200.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€98.08 to €174.78 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €174.78Mon21
  2. about €148.23Tue22
  3. about €156.49Wed23
  4. about €166.52Thu24
  5. about €146.46Fri25
  6. about €150.59Sat26
  7. about €138.79Sun27
  8. about €98.08Mon28
  9. about €98.67Tue29
  10. about €102.80Wed30
  11. about €123.45Thu1
  12. about €108.70Fri2
  13. about €112.83Sat3
  14. about €105.16Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€78.02
  1. Republic Airways RA480214:471h 39m16:26Philadelphia International Airport PHLLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport SDF

Door to door 4h 49mCO2 200.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€88.05
  1. Bahamasair B626310:331h 37m12:10Philadelphia International Airport PHLLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport SDF

Door to door 4h 47mCO2 200.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Piedmont Airlines€82.15
Bahamasair€82.74
Republic Airways€78.02
  • Piedmont Airlines
  • Bahamasair
  • Republic Airways

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Booking window

When to book Philadelphia to Louisville

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €98.0890 days
  2. €81.5660 days
  3. €66.8145 days
  4. €69.1730 days
  5. €84.4921 days
  6. €105.1614 days
  7. €138.797 days
  8. €156.493 days
  9. €174.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €66.81.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €174.78, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €105.16Sun
  2. €98.08Mon
  3. €98.67Tue
  4. €102.80Wed
  5. €116.39Thu
  6. €108.70Fri
  7. €112.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Philadelphia

Air
  • PHL
  • ILG

Louisville

Air
  • SDF
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 961 km against 933 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Baltimore, Cincinnati, Harrisburg, Lexington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Philadelphia at 06:18 and the last at 18:34, across 14 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Philadelphia to Louisville

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville take?

The Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 961 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville cost?

The Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville starts at €78.02 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €93.66. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville?

3 operators run the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville: Piedmont Airlines, Bahamasair, Republic Airways. Between them they file around 14 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville use?

The Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville leaves from Philadelphia International Airport PHL and arrives at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport SDF. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville?

Fares for the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €66.81. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville produce?

The Flight from Philadelphia to Louisville produces about 200.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 961 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Philadelphia to Louisville on 20 September 2026: 961 km of route against 933 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €78.02, and 4h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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