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Route Reliability

San Diego → Indianapolis

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

61
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
62%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 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 62% of the time across 278 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAN–IND flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

SAN–IND flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays and just 47% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

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

Recent months have been rougher.

SAN–IND flights arrived on time 44% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(45 flights)
  • Tue69%(26 flights)
  • Wed77%(22 flights)
  • Thu47%(43 flights)
  • Fri47%(47 flights)
  • Sat84%(43 flights)
  • Sun60%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(19 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(18 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(192 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
18%
May

Jun 60% → May 18% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%30
July 202565%31
August 202568%31
September 202577%30
October 202577%30
November 202547%19
December 202553%17
January 202667%12
February 202668%19
March 202655%22
April 202661%18
May 202618%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.