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Airport month · August 2025

Indianapolis International in August 2025

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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,876 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so IND departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 3,907 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 74.6% of the time (3,876 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 26%.

Every scheduled departure from IND in August 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024IND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time81.7%80.0%79.4%76.8%
Arrived on time80.3%78.7%78.9%76.3%
Cancelled1.1%2.9%1.9%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.0 min14.5 min14.9 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day12913013320,079
Scheduled departures3,8763,90748,559602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline1,10729%83.7%0.3 min1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines87423%81.5%4.3 min0.1%
AA American Airlines56515%70.6%23.7 min2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines42511%88.2%-6.2 min1.2%
UA United Airlines2617%75.1%19.4 min1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines1374%85.4%2.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1183%83.1%2.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air1023%75.5%7.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines993%76.8%5.6 min2.0%
OH PSA Airlines772%70.1%35.0 min5.2%
AS Alaska Airlines592%64.4%15.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air521%84.6%7.7 min1.9%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago40979.0%8.1 min2.0%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta29487.8%-5.0 min1.7%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver24278.1%8.9 min0.8%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York21089.5%-3.8 min1.0%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth19771.6%25.4 min3.0%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark19577.9%5.6 min1.0%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston17277.3%0.3 min1.7%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington17177.2%12.3 min1.8%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte14372.7%24.8 min1.4%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando14271.8%12.3 min0.7%
IND–PHLIndianapolis to Philadelphia13374.4%9.8 min3.0%
IND–MSPIndianapolis to Minneapolis11383.2%-1.2 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier25.5%33.1%14,169
Late-arriving aircraft41.4%40.5%22,971
National Aviation System27.0%19.2%15,014
Extreme weather6.0%7.0%3,329
Security0.1%0.1%36
55,519 delay minutes on 712 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 2025?

81.7% of 3,876 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 80.0% of 3,907 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 1.1% in August 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2025; 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.