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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Charlotte

IND–CLT · 427 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,982
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines82% on time · 1,944 flights
  • Spirit Airlines76% on time · 38 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IND–CLT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

IND–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

IND–CLT flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(287 flights)
  • Tue86%(256 flights)
  • Wed87%(271 flights)
  • Thu83%(308 flights)
  • Fri82%(288 flights)
  • Sat80%(222 flights)
  • Sun77%(316 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(655 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(325 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(277 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(380 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(306 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 73% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%178
July 202578%182
August 202575%141
September 202587%147
October 202588%188
November 202589%170
December 202570%163
January 202682%136
February 202682%138
March 202686%170
April 202685%163
May 202685%172

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Based on 1,982 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.