Louisville International Airport (SDF) in Louisville, KY is a great quick source of transportation for travelers that wish to fly within a 200 miles of Louisville. Located just 10 minutes from the city, it's a means of fast, yet cheap airfare. In addition to being a quick connection for planes going to other cities, it also provides service without stopping to 29 different locations. This airport is widely used, having helped more than 3.6 million people in 2006. Louisville International Airport is an airlines for commercial flights, aviation activities as well as being used by the Kentucky Air National Guard and the United Parcel Service.
Louisville International Airport is ranked very high-ninth in the world and third in North America- as the home for storage of cargo for UPS. The airport is located on a total of 1200 acres of land with the passenger terminals and 23 gates for boarding taking up 360,000 square feet of this space. For parking, the airport has 3 different levels underneath and a 4-level parking garage that total parking spaces for 5,625 vehicles. The three runways are 7,250 feet, 8,580 feet and 11/890 feet long.
As useful and important as it was before, it's future was really changed in 1981 when UPS began using Louisville as the main hub operations for their overnight-delivery business. UPS took care of the building of a 35-acre additional apron for the additional aircraft to park.
Due to their love of art, you can see many beautiful pieces of art throughout the airport and well as many handicrafts that have been donated by the Standiford Art Foundation, who solicited contributions for the pieces.
