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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Washington

INDIAD · 476 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,399
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 1,399 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IND–IAD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 81% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IND–IAD flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 80%.

Ticking up lately.

IND–IAD flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon87%(199 flights)
  • Tue88%(192 flights)
  • Wed85%(188 flights)
  • Thu89%(199 flights)
  • Fri86%(202 flights)
  • Sat88%(191 flights)
  • Sun80%(202 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(285 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(355 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(377 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(352 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 79% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%140
July 202582%116
August 202589%121
September 202592%119
October 202592%117
November 202590%117
December 202572%124
January 202686%93
February 202691%80
March 202682%114
April 202694%113
May 202689%119

Based on 1,399 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.