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Airport month · May 2024

Indianapolis International in May 2024

78.4%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,138 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so IND departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 72.2% of the time (4,141 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierIND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time78.4%—79.4%73.4%
Arrived on time77.2%—78.9%72.3%
Cancelled1.2%—1.9%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.7 min—14.9 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day138—13320,325
Scheduled departures4,138—48,559609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline1,01725%84.1%0.8 min0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines97324%71.9%13.7 min0.4%
AA American Airlines62115%71.8%21.5 min2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines3889%86.9%1.9 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air2887%85.1%0.4 min0.3%
UA United Airlines2155%74.4%16.2 min1.9%
NK Spirit Airlines1774%74.0%8.2 min1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1343%67.9%12.9 min8.2%
G4 Allegiant Air1203%73.3%19.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines932%75.3%11.5 min1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines551%61.8%13.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air511%62.7%23.9 min2.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago33381.1%6.6 min2.4%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta28980.6%8.7 min0.3%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver25175.7%8.4 min0.8%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York24984.3%-0.7 min0.4%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando21777.0%6.5 min0.0%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark19183.8%-1.9 min2.1%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York18484.8%3.5 min0.5%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte17973.7%26.7 min0.6%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington17781.9%3.0 min0.6%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth17166.1%19.6 min8.8%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston16379.1%3.7 min0.0%
IND–LASIndianapolis to Las Vegas12976.7%3.8 min0.8%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier27.5%29.8%18,107
Late-arriving aircraft40.8%43.0%26,843
National Aviation System26.1%20.1%17,218
Extreme weather5.5%7.0%3,634
Security0.1%0.1%55
65,857 delay minutes on 875 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 May 2024?

78.4% of 4,138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.