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Airport month · August 2024

Indianapolis International in August 2024

80.0%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,907 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so IND departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,964 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 73.4% of the time (3,900 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023IND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time80.0%83.0%79.4%75.4%
Arrived on time78.7%82.2%78.9%74.7%
Cancelled2.9%1.1%1.9%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.5 min13.4 min14.9 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day13013213320,634
Scheduled departures3,9073,96448,559619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline1,07928%81.1%0.6 min4.8%
WN Southwest Airlines82221%83.3%4.4 min1.0%
AA American Airlines66117%71.3%17.2 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines41711%87.5%1.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines2356%78.7%2.6 min2.1%
9E Endeavor Air2316%75.3%15.2 min7.8%
NK Spirit Airlines1173%61.5%14.7 min10.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines832%66.3%18.0 min1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air832%68.7%21.6 min2.4%
MQ Envoy Air672%77.6%3.2 min3.0%
AS Alaska Airlines612%68.9%16.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines371%75.7%13.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago33479.9%4.2 min1.8%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta27791.0%0.0 min0.4%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver23278.4%6.8 min0.9%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York22475.9%0.4 min8.5%
IND–JFKIndianapolis to New York18672.0%3.8 min10.8%
IND–PHLIndianapolis to Philadelphia18574.1%10.9 min2.7%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston18076.1%5.5 min4.4%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark17772.9%0.5 min11.3%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte17672.7%14.4 min1.1%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington17181.9%5.8 min2.3%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth15974.8%13.0 min0.0%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando14778.9%6.4 min2.7%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.8%33.8%16,091
Late-arriving aircraft39.6%39.8%21,374
National Aviation System25.5%20.4%13,755
Extreme weather5.2%5.9%2,785
Security0.0%0.1%0
54,005 delay minutes on 711 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 August 2024?

80.0% of 3,907 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 83.0% of 3,964 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 2.9% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.