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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Indianapolis

RDUIND · 489 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
331
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines84% on time · 275 flights
  • Frontier Airlines79% on time · 56 flights

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

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

RDU–IND flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RDU–IND flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

RDU–IND flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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%(60 flights)
  • Tue92%(39 flights)
  • Wed83%(41 flights)
  • Thu91%(44 flights)
  • Fri77%(57 flights)
  • Sat80%(39 flights)
  • Sun75%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(164 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(40 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(85 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(35 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Aug 79% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
August 202579%29
September 202597%31
October 202584%43
November 202589%37
December 202579%24
January 202685%27
February 202674%27
March 202684%31
April 202673%30
May 202693%30

Based on 331 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.