Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Guide
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport sits approximately 11 km south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The airport opened for commercial operations on November 15, 1947, when Standiford Field replaced Bowman Field as Louisville's primary commercial airport. It handled 4.8 million passengers in 2024 and 4.59 million in 2025, its third-busiest year on record. The airport has 24 gates in the Jerry E. Abramson Terminal, which has two concourses, A and B.
SDF is one of the largest cargo airports in the world. UPS began overnight-delivery hub operations here in 1981, and its Worldport hub now makes Louisville a top-five cargo airport worldwide. The airport handled nearly 7.5 billion pounds of cargo in 2025, a record.
The airport is operated by the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, which also operates Bowman Field. SDF Next, a program announced in late 2019, targets $1 billion in improvements to the terminal and airfield by 2030. In 2025, eight airlines served more than 40 nonstop destinations from Louisville.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 4.8M passengers (2024)3 runwaysopened 1947
- Location
- 38.171, -85.735
- Operator
- Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Terminals
1 terminalLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Jerry E. Abramson Terminal, handling both international and domestic flights for around 7 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Jerry E. Abramson TerminalMixed
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways, Sun Country Airlines
Concourses Concourse A · Concourse B
Nearby cities
3 citiesLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is closest to Louisville (11 km north), and also serves Jeffersonville, Elizabethtown and other nearby areas. With 3 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Louisville11 km north
- Jeffersonville19 km north
- Elizabethtown63 km south
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