Indianapolis International Airport (IND) delays & on-time performance
Indianapolis, Indiana · 53 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at IND right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
926 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
74 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 48,559 departures from IND; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into IND were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Indianapolis International Airport (IND) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 8pm did worst (65%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
Most delayed routes from IND
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco75%524 flts
- DCA · Washington75%2,022 flts
- SEA · Seattle75%564 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%5,255 flts
- MDW · Chicago77%733 flts
- TPA · Tampa78%948 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale78%1,018 flts
- DEN · Denver79%2,494 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas79%1,348 flts
- BOS · Boston79%2,022 flts
Most reliable routes from IND
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City89%364 flts
- ATL · Atlanta88%3,160 flts
- HOU · Houston86%493 flts
- IAD · Washington86%993 flts
- BWI · Baltimore86%1,216 flts
- EWR · Newark85%2,223 flts
- AUS · Austin85%1,272 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%862 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis84%1,247 flts
- JFK · New York83%1,002 flts
Best airline at IND
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 1.2% | 9 min | 8 | 4,450 |
| Spirit Airlines | 84% | 3.1% | 15 min | 8 | 1,193 |
| Republic Airways | 82% | 3.1% | 13 min | 11 | 13,820 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.1% | 22 min | 10 | 6,775 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 0.7% | 12 min | 24 | 12,936 |
| Envoy Air | 78% | 2.1% | 20 min | 5 | 665 |
| United Airlines | 78% | 1.1% | 18 min | 6 | 2,754 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 77% | 2.7% | 23 min | 4 | 2,161 |
| PSA Airlines | 76% | 7.6% | 35 min | 4 | 607 |
| Frontier Airlines | 75% | 1.4% | 23 min | 11 | 1,016 |
| Alaska Airlines | 75% | 1.4% | 14 min | 1 | 564 |
| Allegiant Air | 74% | 0.7% | 21 min | 17 | 1,618 |
Best time to fly out of IND
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%2,349 flts
- 6am91%5,864 flts
- 7am87%4,976 flts
- 8am88%2,590 flts
- 9am87%2,208 flts
- 10am87%2,555 flts
- 11am86%2,931 flts
- 12pm81%3,168 flts
- 1pm79%2,371 flts
- 2pm77%2,542 flts
- 3pm75%2,812 flts
- 4pm73%2,553 flts
- 5pm73%3,479 flts
- 6pm69%3,166 flts
- 7pm66%2,756 flts
- 8pm65%1,555 flts
- 9pm60%626 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.