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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → San Diego

IND–SAN · 1,782 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to San Diego International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
278
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 278 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IND–SAN flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IND–SAN flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 278 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

IND–SAN flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(45 flights)
  • Tue77%(26 flights)
  • Wed91%(23 flights)
  • Thu77%(43 flights)
  • Fri87%(47 flights)
  • Sat80%(44 flights)
  • Sun66%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(62 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(56 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 90% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202590%31
August 202584%31
September 202577%30
October 202570%30
November 202575%20
December 202571%17
January 202677%13
February 202668%19
March 202682%22
April 202667%18
May 202682%17

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Based on 278 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.