Route profile
LAX→IND
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Los Angeles to Indianapolis, 1,814 miles.
Right now
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 64% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,239 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
LAX → IND arrives on time 81.2% of the time; the return trip, IND → LAX, arrives on time 82.7% of the time.
LAX → IND spends 25.1 minutes on the ground on a 1,814-mile trip: 17.2 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at LAX and 7.9 minutes from touchdown to gate at IND.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where LAX to IND differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
LAX to IND is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 11 PM: 85.1% arrive on time, 4.5 points ahead of the 80.6% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 6 points.
LAX to IND holds up on Fridays better than routes of similar length do: 82.4% on time to their 76.3%, a 6.1 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 6.2 points.
November is kinder to LAX to IND than to routes of similar length: 91.0% on time against 83.1%, 7.9 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 7.6 points.
Delta Air Lines does better on LAX to IND than on its routes of similar length: 87.3% on time here, 81.6% there, 5.7 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 5.8 points.
LAX to IND against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 11 PM departures | 85.1% | routes of similar length | 80.6% | +4.5 pts | 410 here, 60,861 there |
| Weekday: Friday | 82.4% | routes of similar length | 76.3% | +6.1 pts | 375 here, 186,689 there |
| Month: November | 91.0% | routes of similar length | 83.1% | +7.9 pts | 166 here, 96,663 there |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 87.3% | routes of similar length | 81.6% | +5.7 pts | 858 here, 308,906 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 1,814 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.
LAX to IND in context
This route against LAX and IND as a whole, against similar routes from LAX, and against its own first year, July 2023 – July 2026.
Arriving at IND, LAX to IND is on time 81.2% of the time, 3.1 points better than the airport’s other arrivals at IND (78.1%, from 142,301 flights).
Of the 1,896 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 9 AM is the busiest hour with 781 (41.2%), 84.8% of them on time, and 10 PM the quietest with 172 (9.1%), 83.0% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
41 min late
against a median of 7 min early
Percentiles over 2,239 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at IND after arriving from LAX.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 33% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 18% | High risk |
| 60 min | 13% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 7.2% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 4.7% | Low 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 0.45% of the time and diverts 0.31% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,222 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 41 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,239 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why LAX → 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 LAX → IND. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on LAX → IND, at 59.2%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,234 | 78.0% | 0.41% | -6 min | 9.6% |
| Delta Air Lines | 866 | 87.3% | 0.58% | -9 min | 3.1% |
American Airlines flew 58.8% of the 2,100 flights listed.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 9.3 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 9.8 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 85.3%
- Feb: 85.9%
- Mar: 80.9%
- Apr: 81.6%
- May: 70.4%
- Jun: 79.3%
- Jul: 77.2%
- Aug: 76.7%
- Sep: 85.8%
- Oct: 86.7%
- Nov: 91.0%
- Dec: 80.1%
May is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 20.6 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 79.6% against 84.0% in the 12 months before — declining by 4.4 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,239 LAX → 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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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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