Car hire at Louisville Intl Airport

Driver's age: 26-65

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Most popular car type

Mini

KAYAK’s insights & trends for Louisville Intl Airport car hire

Check out the latest trends and booking tips to hire a car in Louisville Intl Airport with confidence.

How far in advance should you book car hire in Louisville Intl Airport?

You should book your car hire in Louisville Intl Airport around 0 days before your trip in order to get a below-average price.

What is the best car hire company in Louisville Intl Airport?

Based on ratings and reviews from real users on KAYAK, the best car hire companies in Louisville Intl Airport are Budget (5.9, 40 reviews), Dollar (5.2, 32 reviews), and National (8.6, 3 reviews).
Budget
Budget
Rated 5.9/10
Dollar
Dollar
Rated 5.2/10
National
National
Rated 8.6/10
Alamo
Alamo
Rated 7.8/10

What is the most popular car to hire in Louisville Intl Airport?

Passenger van cars (Chrysler Pacifica or similar) are the most popular type of vehicle to hire in Louisville Intl Airport. Passenger van cars in Louisville Intl Airport cost $128/day on average, though some users have found deals as low as $113/day.

What is the cheapest month to hire a car in Louisville Intl Airport?

The cheapest month to hire a car in Louisville Intl Airport is January at an average cost of $67/day. July is the most expensive month to hire a car in Louisville Intl Airport when prices are $101/day on average, which tends to be 88% above the yearly average hire price for Louisville Intl Airport.

Which rental car company has the most locations in in in?

Alamo, AutoEurope, Avis and Budget operate 1 location each in Louisville Intl Airport, more than any other car hire company.
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Top tips for hiring a car at Louisville Airport

  • Opting for a car rental at Louisville Standiford Field Airport (SDF) grants you the convenience of exploring the artistic city. You can easily visit various places in Louisville that aren’t fully accessible by public transport. Renting also offers a fast and comfortable transportation option to downtown Louisville. You don’t have to spend much time at different stops, and you can opt for alternative routes in case of traffic. It is also cheaper compared to the collective costs of hiring a taxi to various destinations.
  • Collecting your car rental at Louisville Standiford Field Airport is super easy. There are multiple rental companies with on-site counters at the airport, making it easier to choose your preferred car at the best price. Once you arrive at the airport, visit the car rental counters with all your obligatory documents. All the car rental counters are in the baggage claim section. After signing the rental agreement, you can walk to the garage outside the baggage claim area, where you will find your car. Examine the vehicle’s technical condition and ensure the required maps are installed before starting your trip.
  • Returning your car to SDF isn’t that complicated once you decide to use a car rental at Louisville Standiford Field Airport. You’ll have to return it to the same point you collected or the selected drop-off point in your rental agreement. Some rental companies are operational 24 hours, so you can return the rental car during or after working hours. For companies with a scheduled return period, make sure you return before time to avoid the late return fee. Gather all your items from the car and check in at your rental company’s counter to hand over the keys and fill out the necessary documents.
  • Louisville International Airport is one of the busiest in Kentucky, so you’re likely to encounter traffic when collecting or dropping off your rental car. The busiest day of the week at SDF is Monday, and 2 pm to 3 pm is the daily peak hour. More bookings happen during this period, so you’ll likely experience long queues at the counters. You’re also likely to encounter high traffic at the airport during weekends, holidays, special events, and festivals.
  • Book your car hire at Louisville Airport at least 1 day before your trip in order to get a below-average price

FAQs about hiring a car at Louisville Airport

  • What type of documentation is required to rent a car at Louisville International Airport?

    Most car rental companies will ask for a valid driver’s license in your name or the main of the main driver held for at least one year. As a foreign renter, you should present an International Driver’s Permit alongside your domestic driver’s license. Additional proof of identity is also required through documents like a valid ID with a photo or your passport. Some rental companies may need you to present a printout of your rental voucher from the confirmation email.

  • What kind of amenities are offered at Louisville International Airport?

    Since SDF is an international airport, you’ll find multiple amenities and services. There are plenty of dining options at the airport. You’ll also find vending machines, ATMs, currency exchange services, baggage carts, disabled access, and power outlets. Parents traveling with infants can access nursing rooms at the airport. There are also multiple animal relief stations for passengers traveling with their pets.

  • How can I pay for my car rental at Louisville Standiford Field Airport?

    You can use a major credit card to pay for your Louisville Standiford Field Airport car rental. Most rental companies prefer this option because it is the perfect guarantee for the period you will be renting the vehicle. Some rental companies accept debit card payments, but there will be a limit on the period you can rent a vehicle and the type of cars you can rent.

  • Which car hire companies will pick you up at Louisville Airport?

    Car hire companies that offer shuttle or pick-up services from Louisville Airport to off-airport locations include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hertz, National, Payless, and Thrifty.

Louisville Intl Airport car rental reviews and directory

 
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Budget

5.9

Fair

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Cleanliness

6.5

Comfort

6.7

Pick-up/Drop-off

5.8

Value for money

6.2

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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Locations in Louisville Intl Airport

600 Terminal Drive

+1 502 366 3360

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10.0 Wonderful

Terence, Mar 2025

People mover

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Good

2.0 Poor

Julia, Feb 2025

People mover

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I rented the car and couldn’t pick it up when I arrived. Fortunately, I didn’t need it until the following morning. When I went back the next morning, the person who was working there said that the person who had worked the day before I was telling lies, and there was no guarantee I could have the car then either. As a business, this kind of behavior on all ends is unacceptable.

2.0 Poor

Joshua, Nov 2024

Supplier choice

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Nothing place was closed no customer service could not pick up rental at airport

6.0 Okay

Anonymous, July 2024

Intermediate SUV

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I was so thankful to book a low cost, last minute rental. However, I was redirected from the budget line to the Avis line, there was one employee which took 45 minutes to get to the one employee there. That’s unfortunate but understandable. Regrettably, I was then redirected to the “fastbreak” location downstairs which had an additional 45 MINUTE wait. Signage next to the sign mentioning going to Avis would be helpful to avoid much of this situation in the future.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Mar 2024

Intermediate SUV

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This was the SDF airport Budget rental counter. They told me I was unable to rent without a credit card on hand. Fair, I didn't know that was necessary. They then directed me 10 miles away to a Budget location they said could take my debit card. When I arrived, the second location was filthy, stinky and creepy. The clerk there told me they couldn't take debit card either, and the airport clerk probably told me that just to get rid of me. Because there were no accommodations or ways for someone without a credit card on hand to even consider renting a car, we had to call me elderly mother to drive 5 hours to pick us up so we could drive another five hours back to Pittsburgh. Miserable experience, I will never even try to rent from Budget again, and I will likely never rent a car again at all.

2.0 Poor

greg, Jan 2024

Intermediate

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They left early at the desk early than usual and I had a reservation. Enterprise accomadated me so they were equal in price and service so I’m switching.

1 out of 14

Dollar

5.2

Fair

Read 32 reviews

Cleanliness

6.5

Comfort

6.4

Pick-up/Drop-off

5.1

Value for money

5.7

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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600 Terminal Drive

+1 502 375 0681

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8.0 Very Good

Anonymous, June 2025

Supplier choice

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What I did like was the counter attendant, Dan, good guy, easy to work with. The first car I was supposed to rent had an overpowering smell of marijuana. I spoke with Dan and he quickly got me another vehicle. Much appreciated his help

2.0 Poor

Phillip, Oct 2024

Standard

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Car not available even though it said it was on the app

2.0 Poor

Vanessa, Sept 2024

Full-size SUV

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Need refund

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, June 2024

Compact SUV

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Although we've had mediocre experience with Dollar Rent-A-Car before, this one I definitely rate excellent. Pick-up was seamless, and drop-off even faster. Employees were courteous. Car was clean. Thankful they've upped their game!

2.0 Poor

Adam A., May 2024

Premium SUV

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Horrible.customer service person was extremely unprofessional, rude, incompetent and no one held my car reservation so there were no cars.

4.0 Mediocre

Anonymous, Apr 2024

Compact SUV

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I was very disappointed that I had to wait for a car when I had booked it 2 months in advance. There should be no need to wait for a car….they told me that it was busy because it was spring break. You shouldn’t rent out more cars than you can supply.

1 out of 11

National

8.6

Very Good

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Cleanliness

6.6

Comfort

9.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

8.3

Value for money

8.9

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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600 Terminal Dr Ste 8

+1 844 887 8409

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Alamo

7.8

Good

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Cleanliness

8.0

Comfort

8.1

Pick-up/Drop-off

7.7

Value for money

7.3

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600 Terminal Dr Ste 8

+1 844 887 8408

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10.0 Wonderful

Heidi, June 2024

Full-size

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Great pick up and drop off. The price seemed a little high.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Apr 2024

Pick-up truck

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Tall Paul was very friendly and helpful along with every person that helped me. Definitely a unique experience in this world today!

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Nov 2023

Intermediate SUV

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Christine was great

8.0 Very Good

Darnell, Jan 2021

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Pros:

Staff great easy drop of ff

Cons:

Lower prices of one way drop off

8.0 Very Good

Darnell, Jan 2021

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Pros:

Staff was great

Cons:

Lower prices for one way drop off

2.0 Poor

Jeff, Dec 2020

KAYAK

Pros:

Nothing. They will let you book a car without having any cars!

Cons:

Actually had cars available.

1 out of 7

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

7.3

Good

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Cleanliness

8.0

Comfort

9.3

Pick-up/Drop-off

7.3

Value for money

6.0

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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600 Terminal Dr Ste 18

+1 833 635 0430

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10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, June 2025

Standard

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Service was amazing. I messed up the dates and Enterprise still took care of me.

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, June 2021

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Cons:

We didn’t get the price quoted by kayak

1 out of 1

Hertz

7.0

Good

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Cleanliness

7.7

Comfort

7.2

Pick-up/Drop-off

6.9

Value for money

6.8

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600 Terminal Drive Ste 11

+1 502 361 0183

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2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Jan 2025

Intermediate SUV

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THEY NEVER DELIVERED ME THE CAR ! CARS WERE NOT AVAILABLE BUT THEY STILM BILLED ME ! I NEED THEM TO TAKE THAT CHARGE OFF MY CARD

2.0 Poor

Keith, July 2024

Intermediate

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I showed up and they told me they didn’t have a car for me and would need to be placed on a waitlist with no guarantee of a car, even though I had a confirmation # from them. They were quite rude about it as well. They had cars on the lot but were only available as upgrades and cost more money. There were numerous others in the same boat. They blamed it on crowdstrike which I understand but the customer service was very poor.

10.0 Wonderful

Anonymous, Mar 2024

Supplier choice

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The best.

6.0 Okay

Anonymous, Sept 2023

Supplier choice

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Car was 100 miles shy of a full tank of gas on pickup

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Jan 2022

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I showed up to the counter, and they told me they were out of cars. I was supposed to wait 2 hours plus with 100s of customers before me. Never got a car. Very disappointed

1 out of 3

Thrifty

6.9

Okay

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Cleanliness

8.0

Comfort

8.6

Pick-up/Drop-off

4.6

Value for money

7.3

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

Locations in Louisville Intl Airport

600 Terminal Dr

+1 502 375 0681

Monday07:00 - 23:59
Tuesday07:00 - 23:59
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7.2 Good

Anonymous, Nov 2020

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Pros:

Agent at desk was friendly

Cons:

I was assigned a car but it was not in it's location. I had to find an employee to find another car for me, which took about 15 minutes. The car I received was dirty and definitely wasn't cleaned beyond pre-covid standards. I'm not a germ freak, but greasy fingerprints on the screen and doors and a greasy feeling steering wheel are just nasty.

6.4 Okay

Anonymous, Sept 2020

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Pros:

Never like the "up sale" stuff.

Cons:

The fact that a spouse is not free to drive?! Really in this day and time? Thrifty is on my short list to never use again.

7.2 Good

Anonymous, Aug 2020

KAYAK

Pros:

The price and the vehicle was great.

Cons:

At pickup, the vehicle was not ready, and had to wait. The help desk seemed to not want to be working. There was no information given about the return of the vehicle. I had to ask about return from the man working the gate, but even that was not enough. At return, there was no one to close the transaction, Just a sign saying to leave the keys in the car. I had to work with customer service for the next two days to get the extra daily charges removed from my credit card account because no one at the drop off location closed the account. I'll not rent from Thrifty and associated companies again.

Avis

6.0

Okay

Read 6 reviews

Cleanliness

5.8

Comfort

6.4

Pick-up/Drop-off

6.0

Value for money

6.2

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

Locations in Louisville Intl Airport

600 Terminal Drive

+1 502 364 1901

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2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Mar 2025

Premium

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I reserved a car, paid for a ride to the airport to pick up the car, there was no car available, the staff was rude and indifferent, they suggested that I sit in the airport for up to eight hours, waiting for a car to become available, they also couldn’t guarantee that a car would become available, I paid for a ride back to my home from the airport. I spent 60 bucks to get back-and-forth from the airport and I did not get a car. I can’t imagine how this could be worse. And I can’t imagine that Avis cares

Payless

6.0

Okay

Read 13 reviews

Cleanliness

5.9

Comfort

6.4

Pick-up/Drop-off

6.1

Value for money

5.7

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

Locations in Louisville Intl Airport

600 Terminal Drive

+1 502 380 2266

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2.0 Poor

Anonymous, June 2025

Full-size SUV

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Probably the worst experience I’ve ever had with picking up a rental car. Extremely understaffed and took 2 hours to pick up the car.

4.0 Mediocre

Anonymous, Oct 2023

Intermediate SUV

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No drop off time flexibility drop off time had to be the same as pickup time or they would charge us another full day!

2.0 Poor

Anonymous, Oct 2023

Intermediate

KAYAK
Waited 90 min in line to pick up a car, even though I prepaid. Oil maintenance light came on 400 miles into my trip. I called Payless and I was told to get car serviced and save my receipts. Not and ideal situation during a vacation. We will see if I actually get reimbursed….

2.0 Poor

Charles, Mar 2021

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Cons:

Use a different company. My flight from Afghanistan had engine problems and we did emergency landing and forced. To spend night in Bulgaria. I called in as soon as plane landed to cancel or pushback one day but agent said no help. When I finally got to Car Rental in SDF they double charged me and the rates went up to a premium of 85 dollars a day. But thank God we didn’t crash and all of us military got home to the USA safe and next time I just will not book their Kayak

Easirent

4.6

Mediocre

One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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Standiford Field

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AutoEurope

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One location in Louisville Intl Airport

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Louisville International Airport

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Sunnycars

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600 Terminal Drive Ste 8

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One location in Louisville Intl Airport

Locations in Louisville Intl Airport

600 Terminal Dr Ste 8, Louisville, , USA Kentucky

+1 914 368 0091

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197 travellers who hired a car in Louisville Intl Airport gave the car agency they used an average rating of 4.7

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