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Airport month · October 2025

Indianapolis International in October 2025

83.7%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,354 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so IND departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 4,472 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 79.6% of the time (4,355 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 28%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2025Oct 2024IND, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time83.7%88.3%79.4%80.0%
Arrived on time82.6%88.9%78.9%79.1%
Cancelled0.6%1.7%1.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.3 min7.5 min14.9 min13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day14514913320,195
Scheduled departures4,3544,47248,559605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,16027%79.5%5.8 min0.3%
YX Republic Airline1,11426%80.3%3.4 min1.3%
AA American Airlines63315%85.0%8.6 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines42810%92.8%-9.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines3107%82.3%1.8 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines2025%86.1%1.5 min1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air1714%83.6%2.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines972%91.8%-2.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines912%75.8%36.0 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air852%74.1%6.1 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines481%83.3%-2.1 min4.2%
OH PSA Airlines150%66.7%123.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IND–ORDIndianapolis to Chicago41378.9%3.5 min0.0%
IND–ATLIndianapolis to Atlanta29591.5%-7.7 min0.3%
IND–MCOIndianapolis to Orlando24878.6%15.0 min0.8%
IND–DENIndianapolis to Denver22677.0%5.2 min0.0%
IND–LGAIndianapolis to New York22584.4%2.1 min2.2%
IND–DFWIndianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth20888.5%0.2 min1.0%
IND–CLTIndianapolis to Charlotte18887.8%10.3 min0.0%
IND–EWRIndianapolis to Newark18785.6%-2.4 min1.6%
IND–DCAIndianapolis to Washington17878.1%5.0 min0.6%
IND–BOSIndianapolis to Boston17362.4%23.4 min1.7%
IND–PHLIndianapolis to Philadelphia16676.5%27.6 min0.6%
IND–LASIndianapolis to Las Vegas14777.6%7.6 min0.7%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.2%34.0%14,342
Late-arriving aircraft38.3%39.7%19,471
National Aviation System30.1%22.9%15,299
Extreme weather3.4%3.3%1,707
Security0.0%0.1%11
50,830 delay minutes on 727 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 October 2025?

83.7% of 4,354 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 88.3% of 4,472 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

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