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Airport month · September 2023

Indianapolis International in September 2023

84.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,745 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so IND departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 78.5% of the time (3,742 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 29%.

Every scheduled departure from IND in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2023Year earlierIND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time84.1%—79.4%80.5%
Arrived on time81.7%—78.9%80.1%
Cancelled2.0%—1.9%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.5 min—14.9 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day125—13318,978
Scheduled departures3,745—48,559569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline1,00327%80.2%-0.6 min5.2%
WN Southwest Airlines85823%82.6%3.2 min0.2%
AA American Airlines53314%81.4%9.5 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines3439%90.1%-1.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines2567%87.1%0.0 min0.4%
9E Endeavor Air1925%80.7%-1.5 min4.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines1273%71.7%12.5 min3.9%
NK Spirit Airlines1213%71.9%13.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1023%79.4%2.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines722%76.4%3.2 min1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air692%82.6%2.3 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines602%80.0%16.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta28791.3%-0.5 min0.0%
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago28685.3%-0.3 min0.0%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York23476.5%-0.2 min8.5%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver22981.7%2.2 min0.4%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark20378.8%-0.7 min5.4%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York18071.7%-1.9 min9.4%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington16782.6%1.3 min2.4%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston16170.8%9.5 min4.3%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth15880.4%13.8 min0.6%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando14980.5%6.1 min1.3%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte13478.4%11.0 min0.7%
IND–LASIndianapolis to Las Vegas12978.3%3.7 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2023Minutes
Air carrier30.8%36.4%11,519
Late-arriving aircraft37.1%38.3%13,882
National Aviation System28.8%19.9%10,787
Extreme weather3.3%5.1%1,228
Security0.0%0.2%0
37,416 delay minutes on 599 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left IND on time in September 2023?

84.1% of 3,745 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for IND · methodology · corrections.