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Airport month · October 2023

Indianapolis International in October 2023

87.4%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,146 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so IND departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 84.7% of the time (4,148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierIND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time87.4%—79.4%83.8%
Arrived on time87.3%—78.9%84.0%
Cancelled0.4%—1.9%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.7 min—14.9 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day138—13319,966
Scheduled departures4,146—48,559598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,04125%81.7%3.2 min0.1%
YX Republic Airline92022%94.3%-8.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines54513%85.9%7.9 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines3508%91.7%-2.4 min0.3%
UA United Airlines2857%87.0%-2.6 min1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines2025%80.2%0.8 min4.0%
9E Endeavor Air2015%94.0%-8.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1834%86.3%2.0 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air1654%90.9%-4.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1293%78.3%3.8 min0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines932%80.6%-2.0 min1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines321%93.8%-11.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta28589.5%-1.1 min0.0%
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago28388.7%0.2 min0.4%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver25986.1%0.3 min0.8%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York24894.0%-9.0 min0.0%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando21584.7%1.2 min0.9%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark20591.2%-12.8 min1.5%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York18591.9%-7.1 min0.0%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington17494.3%-5.1 min0.0%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston16793.4%-6.8 min0.0%
IND–LASIndianapolis to Las Vegas15783.4%2.6 min0.6%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth15184.8%9.1 min0.7%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte15078.7%13.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier38.2%41.3%11,883
Late-arriving aircraft45.8%40.5%14,215
National Aviation System14.4%14.4%4,461
Extreme weather1.2%3.7%382
Security0.4%0.2%126
31,067 delay minutes on 507 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 October 2023?

87.4% of 4,146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.