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Route Reliability

Denver → Indianapolis

DENIND · 976 miles · Denver International Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
2,561
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines83%285 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines81%861 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines71%1,415 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–IND flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–IND flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 72%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(378 flights)
  • Tue77%(315 flights)
  • Wed80%(325 flights)
  • Thu74%(387 flights)
  • Fri72%(388 flights)
  • Sat79%(335 flights)
  • Sun74%(421 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM98%(47 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(311 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(582 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(509 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(678 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(405 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(17 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 63% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%253
July 202561%287
August 202564%240
September 202577%212
October 202582%228
November 202586%189
December 202577%190
January 202686%173
February 202684%159
March 202678%209
April 202684%194
May 202679%215

Based on 2,561 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.