Route Reliability
Washington → Indianapolis
DCA–IND · 500 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Indianapolis International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 9 min
- Average arrival delay
- 4.1%
- Cancelled
- 2,029
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 2,029 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DCA–IND flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DCA–IND flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
DCA–IND flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon74%(289 flights)
- Tue81%(300 flights)
- Wed80%(290 flights)
- Thu76%(289 flights)
- Fri73%(295 flights)
- Sat88%(193 flights)
- Sun71%(287 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(315 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(385 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(456 flights)
- 3–6 PM68%(397 flights)
- 6–9 PM69%(350 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM60%(40 flights)
Jun 72% → May 85% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 72% | 162 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 158 |
| August 2025 | 78% | 167 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 171 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 177 |
| November 2025 | 75% | 164 |
| December 2025 | 61% | 145 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 153 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 146 |
| March 2026 | 71% | 168 |
| April 2026 | 85% | 167 |
| May 2026 | 85% | 165 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 2,029 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.