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Airport month · December 2023
Indianapolis International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,646 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so IND departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 84.4% of the time (3,646 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 86.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | IND, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.5% | — | 79.4% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 86.4% | — | 78.9% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.6 min | — | 14.9 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 122 | — | 133 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,646 | — | 48,559 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 983 | 27% | 84.2% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 891 | 24% | 90.7% | -6.8 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 473 | 13% | 86.5% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 371 | 10% | 94.1% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 196 | 5% | 73.0% | 14.8 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 171 | 5% | 91.8% | -7.4 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 156 | 4% | 89.7% | -9.3 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 116 | 3% | 80.2% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 112 | 3% | 77.7% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 74 | 2% | 79.7% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 38 | 1% | 73.7% | 5.2 min | 2.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 34 | 1% | 73.5% | 14.1 min | 2.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND–ORD | Indianapolis to Chicago | 292 | 88.7% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| IND–ATL | Indianapolis to Atlanta | 282 | 90.1% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| IND–DEN | Indianapolis to Denver | 221 | 92.8% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| IND–MCO | Indianapolis to Orlando | 191 | 80.6% | 5.6 min | 0.5% |
| IND–LGA | Indianapolis to New York | 184 | 91.3% | -6.9 min | 1.1% |
| IND–EWR | Indianapolis to Newark | 151 | 92.1% | -12.5 min | 0.0% |
| IND–DCA | Indianapolis to Washington | 150 | 86.7% | -1.6 min | 0.7% |
| IND–CLT | Indianapolis to Charlotte | 148 | 83.8% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| IND–JFK | Indianapolis to New York | 141 | 87.9% | -1.2 min | 0.7% |
| IND–DFW | Indianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 140 | 87.1% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| IND–BOS | Indianapolis to Boston | 134 | 84.3% | -0.2 min | 0.7% |
| IND–TPA | Indianapolis to Tampa | 128 | 75.0% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left IND on time in December 2023?
86.5% of 3,646 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.