Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Standiford Field | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Louisville metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | UPS Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 501 ft / 153 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°10′27″N 085°44′11″W / 38.17417°N 85.73639°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, FAA | |||||||||||||||||||
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (IATA: SDF, ICAO: KSDF, FAA LID: SDF) — also known by its former official names as Standiford Field and Louisville International Airport — is a civil-military airport in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The airport was renamed after Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native with a highly successful Olympic and professional boxing career. Ali was three time world heavyweight champion. The airport covers 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) 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.
Over 4.6 million passengers passed through the airport in 2023, while over 6.7 billion pounds (3.38 million tons) of cargo passed through in 2022. It is also the third-busiest in the United States in terms of cargo traffic, and sixth-busiest for such in the world. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a "primary commercial service" airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. Federal Aviation Administration records show the airport had 2,402,517 revenue enplanements in 2024.
Because of UPS Airlines' operations, Louisville International Airport is the third-busiest cargo airport in the United States, only falling short of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska and FedEx's SuperHub at the Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also the world's sixth-busiest airport by cargo traffic, behind Hong Kong, Memphis, Shanghai Pudong, Anchorage, and Seoul Incheon Airport. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123d Airlift Wing operates C-130 transport aircraft from the co-located Louisville Air National Guard Base.
On January 16, 2019, the Regional Airport Authority voted to change the name of the airport to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in honor of the boxer and Louisville native Muhammad Ali. On June 6, 2019, the airport unveiled its new logo, featuring "Ali's silhouette, arms up and victorious, against the background of a butterfly".