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Airport month · January 2024

Indianapolis International in January 2024

78.9%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,552 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so IND departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 73.4% of the time (3,552 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 28%.

Every scheduled departure from IND in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierIND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time78.9%—79.4%74.0%
Arrived on time75.9%—78.9%72.9%
Cancelled2.5%—1.9%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.5 min—14.9 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day118—13318,242
Scheduled departures3,552—48,559547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline1,00428%83.0%-1.8 min2.8%
WN Southwest Airlines91326%75.5%4.5 min1.2%
AA American Airlines42712%69.6%18.0 min0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines2678%82.4%1.1 min0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines1855%70.3%9.5 min0.5%
UA United Airlines1745%70.7%6.3 min5.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1364%61.8%34.7 min3.7%
9E Endeavor Air1294%74.4%-0.4 min6.2%
MQ Envoy Air1193%68.1%11.7 min7.6%
G4 Allegiant Air953%76.8%9.3 min1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines481%68.8%6.2 min2.1%
OH PSA Airlines311%83.9%-12.0 min9.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago28267.0%11.1 min8.2%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta24878.2%2.9 min0.8%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York20180.6%-1.9 min5.0%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver20079.0%0.8 min2.5%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando19072.6%10.4 min1.1%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark16788.0%-10.0 min1.2%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York16481.7%-3.9 min3.7%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington16385.3%-6.8 min4.3%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte14875.0%9.9 min0.0%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston14675.3%8.9 min2.7%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth12764.6%21.6 min0.0%
IND–PHLIndianapolis to Philadelphia11585.2%-1.5 min3.5%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.8%32.6%16,171
Late-arriving aircraft35.7%39.0%18,163
National Aviation System28.0%17.9%14,258
Extreme weather4.6%10.3%2,320
Security0.0%0.2%5
50,917 delay minutes on 759 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 January 2024?

78.9% of 3,552 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.