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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Los Angeles

INDLAX · 1,814 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
845
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines87%334 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines84%442 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (43 flights), Allegiant Air (21 flights), Southwest Airlines (5 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IND–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 38% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IND–LAX flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 78%.

Not much between Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.

On this route they all land within 84% to 87% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

IND–LAX flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon83%(134 flights)
  • Tue86%(101 flights)
  • Wed82%(110 flights)
  • Thu84%(136 flights)
  • Fri92%(131 flights)
  • Sat85%(92 flights)
  • Sun78%(134 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(184 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(20 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(7 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(585 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(21 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM38%(21 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 90% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%71
July 202574%74
August 202589%72
September 202589%63
October 202589%66
November 202584%55
December 202571%72
January 202682%60
February 202679%65
March 202686%80
April 202683%77
May 202692%83

Based on 845 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.