Route profile
FLL→IND
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Indianapolis, 1,005 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 14% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 3,264 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
FLL → IND arrives on time 69.4% of the time; the return trip, IND → FLL, arrives on time 76.8% of the time, a 7.4-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
FLL → IND spends 24.0 minutes on the ground on a 1,005-mile trip: 17.6 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at FLL and 6.4 minutes from touchdown to gate at IND.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Reliability on this route has fallen unusually sharply over the past year, a bigger swing than 94% of 5,368 comparable routes.
65.0% on time over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), against 76.5% in the 12 months before (2024-08 to 2025-07), a change of 11.5 points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 5,368 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where FLL to IND differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
FLL to IND struggles most at 7 PM: 51.1% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 15.1 points behind the 66.2% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 16.7 points.
Friday is the day FLL to IND slips furthest against routes of similar length, 65.1% on time where they average 75.6%, 10.5 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 11.1 points.
In March, FLL to IND runs 15.3 points below routes of similar length, 60.4% on time to 75.7%. Against all other routes the gap is 17.5 points.
Allegiant Air’s flights on FLL to IND arrive on time 64.0% of the time, 9.2 points below the 73.2% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 11.5 points.
FLL to IND against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 7 PM departures | 51.1% | routes of similar length | 66.2% | −15.1 pts | 219 here, 189,077 there |
| Weekday: Friday | 65.1% | routes of similar length | 75.6% | −10.5 pts | 464 here, 442,426 there |
| Month: March | 60.4% | routes of similar length | 75.7% | −15.3 pts | 412 here, 261,014 there |
| Airline: Allegiant Air | 64.0% | routes of similar length | 73.2% | −9.2 pts | 611 here, 2,836 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,005 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
66 min late
against a median of 1 min early
FLL → IND has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 1 min early, but the worst tenth are 67 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 3,264 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at IND after arriving from FLL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 48% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 30% | High risk |
| 60 min | 20% | High risk |
| 90 min | 11% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 6.9% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.07% of the time and diverts 0.09% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 3,226 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 66 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 3,264 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
FLL → IND flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 85.2% of the time, against 57.6% for 9 PM–5 AM departures, a gap of 27.6 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 82.8% on time from 328 flights
- 8 AM: 85.4% on time from 138 flights
- 9 AM: too few flights to score
- 10 AM: 80.1% on time from 157 flights
- 11 AM to 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 64.7% on time from 258 flights
- 3 PM: 60.7% on time from 180 flights
- 4 PM: 66.0% on time from 407 flights
- 5 PM: 64.3% on time from 384 flights
- 6 PM: 54.8% on time from 260 flights
- 7 PM: 51.1% on time from 231 flights
- 8 PM: 71.4% on time from 176 flights
- 9 PM: 57.6% on time from 126 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why FLL → IND runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for FLL → IND. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on FLL → IND, at 45.4%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 85.2% of the time and 9 PM–5 AM departures 57.6%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,359 | 68.4% | 0.59% | 1 min | 10.3% |
| Spirit Airlines | 1,268 | 73.5% | 1.74% | -4 min | 9.6% |
| Allegiant Air | 614 | 64.0% | 0.49% | 1 min | 14.9% |
Southwest Airlines flew 41.9% of the 3,241 flights listed. Spirit Airlines cancelled 1.74% of its flights here against 0.49% for Allegiant Air.
Spirit Airlines arrived on time 9.5 percentage points more often than Allegiant Air on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 12.5 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 63.6%
- Feb: 69.0%
- Mar: 60.4%
- Apr: 69.0%
- May: 66.8%
- Jun: 68.7%
- Jul: 65.2%
- Aug: 68.2%
- Sep: 80.1%
- Oct: 80.1%
- Nov: 81.8%
- Dec: 68.0%
March is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 21.4 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: too few flights to score (62)
- August 2023: too few flights to score (45)
- September 2023: too few flights to score (62)
- October 2023: too few flights to score (90)
- November 2023: too few flights to score (79)
- December 2023: too few flights to score (79)
- January 2024: too few flights to score (98)
- February 2024: too few flights to score (107)
- March 2024: 53.1% from 149 flights
- April 2024: too few flights to score (94)
- May 2024: too few flights to score (81)
- June 2024: too few flights to score (90)
- July 2024: too few flights to score (88)
- August 2024: too few flights to score (64)
- September 2024: too few flights to score (80)
- October 2024: too few flights to score (99)
- November 2024: too few flights to score (93)
- December 2024: too few flights to score (109)
- January 2025: too few flights to score (104)
- February 2025: too few flights to score (85)
- March 2025: 78.0% from 133 flights
- April 2025: too few flights to score (92)
- May 2025: too few flights to score (80)
- June 2025: too few flights to score (89)
- July 2025: too few flights to score (92)
- August 2025: too few flights to score (65)
- September 2025: too few flights to score (79)
- October 2025: too few flights to score (78)
- November 2025: too few flights to score (82)
- December 2025: too few flights to score (86)
- January 2026: too few flights to score (112)
- February 2026: too few flights to score (98)
- March 2026: 51.1% from 142 flights
- April 2026: too few flights to score (91)
- May 2026: too few flights to score (56)
- June 2026: too few flights to score (66)
- July 2026: too few flights to score (65)
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 65.0% against 76.5% in the 12 months before — declining by 11.5 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 3,264 FLL → IND flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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