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Airport month · March 2024

Indianapolis International in March 2024

81.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,253 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so IND departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 78.1% of the time (4,256 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 22%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierIND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time81.7%—79.4%78.5%
Arrived on time82.2%—78.9%78.3%
Cancelled0.9%—1.9%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.1 min—14.9 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day142—13319,726
Scheduled departures4,253—48,559591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,19128%75.0%9.8 min1.4%
YX Republic Airline1,01424%91.4%-5.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines50212%80.3%7.7 min0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines3438%91.8%-7.2 min0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines3298%67.5%14.0 min3.3%
9E Endeavor Air2646%87.1%-5.6 min0.4%
UA United Airlines1904%86.8%-7.6 min1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air1784%78.1%4.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air702%84.3%-2.5 min1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines551%92.7%-13.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines451%71.1%44.1 min4.4%
OH PSA Airlines411%78.0%12.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago31089.0%-5.3 min0.3%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta28189.0%-1.7 min0.0%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando28170.8%15.1 min3.2%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York21492.1%-6.8 min0.0%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver20982.8%1.5 min2.4%
IND–TPAIndianapolis to Tampa18969.8%15.5 min2.6%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark18290.7%-6.6 min0.5%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York18188.4%-1.0 min0.6%
IND–RSWIndianapolis to Fort Myers16968.0%19.2 min2.4%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington16593.9%-8.8 min0.0%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston16385.3%-0.5 min0.0%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte15577.4%9.8 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier22.1%32.1%11,104
Late-arriving aircraft45.0%42.1%22,570
National Aviation System29.6%21.4%14,835
Extreme weather3.2%4.2%1,595
Security0.1%0.2%48
50,152 delay minutes on 715 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 March 2024?

81.7% of 4,253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.