Indianapolis International in March 2026

74.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 4,362 domestic departures from Indianapolis International (IND). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so IND departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 4,264 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −8.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at IND that month were on time 69.8% of the time (4,364 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 28%.

On time 74.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from IND in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	IND, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	74.5%	82.8%	79.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	74.4%	82.0%	78.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.6%	1.1%	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.9 min	12.3 min	14.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	145	142	133	20,403
Scheduled departures	4,362	4,264	48,559	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,367	31%	75.3%	8.4 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	1,167	27%	73.6%	7.1 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	519	12%	80.2%	10.7 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	326	7%	83.1%	1.8 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	210	5%	71.9%	14.6 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	183	4%	65.0%	35.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	180	4%	67.2%	35.4 min	6.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	121	3%	71.9%	22.1 min	2.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	113	3%	64.6%	22.6 min	8.8%
MQ Envoy Air	112	3%	75.9%	22.3 min	3.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	38	1%	55.3%	14.7 min	2.6%
OH PSA Airlines	26	1%	53.8%	12.6 min	23.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
IND–ORD	Indianapolis to Chicago	454	67.2%	28.4 min	4.8%
IND–MCO	Indianapolis to Orlando	273	70.0%	24.7 min	1.1%
IND–ATL	Indianapolis to Atlanta	260	82.7%	0.7 min	1.9%
IND–LGA	Indianapolis to New York	216	56.9%	19.7 min	10.2%
IND–DEN	Indianapolis to Denver	211	77.7%	8.3 min	0.5%
IND–EWR	Indianapolis to Newark	181	75.7%	-0.8 min	5.0%
IND–BOS	Indianapolis to Boston	174	83.3%	-2.5 min	2.3%
IND–DCA	Indianapolis to Washington	173	61.3%	13.1 min	2.9%
IND–CLT	Indianapolis to Charlotte	172	84.3%	23.6 min	1.2%
IND–PHX	Indianapolis to Phoenix	166	77.7%	4.0 min	1.2%
IND–DFW	Indianapolis to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	77.4%	11.1 min	0.6%
IND–TPA	Indianapolis to Tampa	144	78.5%	2.8 min	2.8%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	33.5%	23,837
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	39.3%	28,732
National Aviation System	31.5%	21.0%	26,959
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.9%	6,054
Security	0.1%	0.2%	54

85,636 delay minutes on 988 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left IND on time in March 2026?

74.5% of 4,362 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 82.8% of 4,264 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 74.5% and 2.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.