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Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

Louisville, United States

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Elevation

501 ft

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Location

Louisville · KY · United States

Connectivity

41 routes · 22 destinations

Position

38.171°, -85.735° · 501 ft elev.

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Louisville's gateway, home to UPS Worldport hub.

Opened

1941

Location

Louisville, United States

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the surrounding region. Renamed in 2019 to honor boxing legend and Louisville native Muhammad Ali, the airport handles both commercial passenger flights and significant air cargo operations. The airport is notably home to UPS Airlines' global hub, Worldport, making it one of the busiest cargo airports in the world by tonnage. This massive automated sorting facility processes hundreds of thousands of packages nightly, giving SDF an outsized role in global logistics. Passenger service is provided by major U.S. carriers connecting Louisville to hubs across the country. The airport is owned and operated by the Louisville Regional Airport Authority.

Terminals

The airport has a single main terminal building with two concourses serving commercial passengers.

Getting to & from

Ground transportation options include rental cars, taxis, rideshare services, and hotel shuttles, with no direct rail or public transit link to downtown Louisville.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving SDF include American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Spirit Airlines.

Notable facts

›Renamed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in 2019 in honor of the Louisville-born boxing champion.
›Home to UPS Airlines' Worldport, one of the largest automated package-sorting hubs in the world.
›Ranked among the top cargo airports globally due to the UPS Worldport operation.
›Located approximately 5 miles south of downtown Louisville.
›The original airport on this site dates to the early 1940s, with significant expansions over subsequent decades.

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Route map (22 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

United Airlines

US Airways

Virgin Atlantic Airways

Southwest Airlines

Routes

SDF → DFWAA · M80 M83 319

SDF → LGAAA · ERD

SDF → CLTAA · 319

SDF → DCAAA · CRJ E75

SDF → MIAAA · ER4

SDF → ORDAA · ERD ER4 E75

SDF → PHLAA · CR9 CRJ

SDF → ATLAF · M88

SDF → MSPDL · E75 CRJ ERJ

SDF → ATLDL · M88 M90

SDF → DTWDL · ERJ

SDF → JFKDL · CRJ

SDF → LGADL · ERJ

SDF → MCODL · E75

SDF → ATLFL · 717

SDF → MDWFL · 73W

SDF → BWIFL · 73W

SDF → MCOFL · 73W

SDF → ATLKL · M88

SDF → CLEUA · ERJ CRJ

SDF → DENUA · ERJ

SDF → IADUA · ERJ

SDF → IAHUA · ERJ E70 CRJ

SDF → ORDUA · ERJ

SDF → EWRUA · ERJ E70

SDF → CLTUS · 319 CRJ CR7

SDF → MIAUS · ER4

SDF → PHLUS · CR9 CRJ

SDF → DFWUS · M80 ERD M83 319

SDF → LGAUS · ERD

SDF → ORDUS · ER4 E75

SDF → DCAUS · CRJ

SDF → ATLVS · M88 M90

SDF → LASWN · 73W

SDF → PHXWN · 73W

SDF → BWIWN · 73W 733

SDF → MDWWN · 73W

SDF → ATLWN · 733 73W

SDF → MCOWN · 73C 73W

SDF → DENWN · 73C 73W

SDF → TPAWN · 73W

Aircraft operating here

73W11 routes CRJ9 routes ERJ9 routes Embraer 1755 routes Airbus A3194 routes Embraer RJ1404 routes Embraer RJ1454 routes McDonnell Douglas MD-884 routes M802 routes McDonnell Douglas MD-832 routes Canadair Regional Jet 9002 routes McDonnell Douglas MD-902 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport – also known by its former official names as Standiford Field and Louisville International Airport – is a civil-military airport in Louisville, Kentucky. The airport was renamed after boxer and Louisville native Muhammad Ali in 2019, three years after his death. The airport covers 1,500 acres (610 ha) and has three runways. Its IATA airport code, SDF, is based on the airport's former name, Standiford Field. Despite being called an international airport, it has no regularly scheduled international passenger flights, but is a port of entry, handling many UPS Airlines international cargo flights through the United Parcel Service's worldwide air hub, often referred to as UPS Worldport.

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