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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Indianapolis

PHXIND · 1,489 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,531
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines81%623 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines71%903 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (5 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–IND flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

PHX–IND flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 72%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHX–IND flights arrived on time 69% 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
  • Mon73%(226 flights)
  • Tue79%(199 flights)
  • Wed72%(198 flights)
  • Thu74%(231 flights)
  • Fri74%(220 flights)
  • Sat81%(213 flights)
  • Sun73%(232 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(412 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(316 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(145 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(410 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(228 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 80% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%126
July 202570%125
August 202580%103
September 202581%98
October 202576%140
November 202582%122
December 202570%128
January 202679%115
February 202682%114
March 202671%165
April 202669%142
May 202666%141

Based on 1,531 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.