Airport month record
INDFEB
Indianapolis International in February 2026
- Departures
- 3,457
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 11
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at IND, see live FAA status.
IND in February lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,457 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 969 at 84.7% on time.
Republic Airways is the most reliable of the three carriers covered here at 84.7% on time across 969 flights.
Key figures
On time
83.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,359 completed departures
Avg delay
61 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.57%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
80.2%
IND across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,457 departures from Indianapolis International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to IND's other months
Against IND's own year, February ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 80.2%, which makes it number two of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 79.7% on time and March 76.7%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 4,222 | 74.9% | 85 min | 3.01% | C− |
| August 2025 | 3,876 | 81.4% | 78 min | 1.11% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,742 | 85.1% | 68 min | 0.56% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 4,354 | 83.2% | 70 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 3,904 | 83.1% | 77 min | 2.84% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,906 | 69.5% | 75 min | 1.59% | C |
| January 2026 | 3,690 | 79.7% | 78 min | 4.44% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 3,457 | 83.3% | 61 min | 2.57% | B |
| March 2026 | 4,362 | 76.7% | 87 min | 2.57% | B |
| April 2026 | 4,290 | 83.0% | 65 min | 1.19% | B |
| May 2026 | 4,324 | 82.5% | 62 min | 0.88% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 4,249 | 79.9% | 76 min | 1.88% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave IND in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 16 points, against 2 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am916 flights88.3%
- 8am–11am540 flights86.4%
- 11am–2pm584 flights87.1%
- 2pm–5pm646 flights83.1%
- 5pm–8pm567 flights72.1%
- 8pm–5am204 flights73.4%
Scale runs 65% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 88.3% of the time, against 72.1% for the evening window. That is 16 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 916 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 89.3% on time and Sunday the weakest at 79.2%. 10 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at IND in February
The three carriers here are closely matched: 2 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 969 | 84.7% | 51 min | 6.60% | B− |
| Southwest Airlines | 939 | 83.1% | 45 min | 0.75% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 418 | 83.0% | 82 min | 1.44% | B |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 298 | 89.5% | 86 min | 1.01% | A |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 214 | 74.3% | 83 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 193 | 83.8% | 60 min | 0.52% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 121 | 86.2% | 61 min | 4.13% | A− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 97 | 84.5% | 113 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 81 | 75.3% | 57 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 63 | 71.4% | 47 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 38 | 91.4% | 62 min | 7.89% | A− |
Republic Airways cancels 6.6% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of IND in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND to ORD · Chicago | 398 | 77.4% | 65 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 230 | 86.8% | 69 min | 0.43% | A+ |
| IND to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 210 | 86.5% | 45 min | 0.95% | A+ |
| IND to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 172 | 88.5% | 62 min | 8.14% | A− |
| IND to DEN · Denverthin sample | 159 | 82.4% | 67 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 158 | 70.1% | 44 min | 8.86% | C− |
| IND to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 157 | 81.2% | 77 min | 8.28% | B− |
| IND to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 151 | 88.4% | 36 min | 8.61% | A− |
| IND to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 142 | 81.9% | 52 min | 2.82% | B |
| IND to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 133 | 89.2% | 56 min | 1.50% | A |
| IND to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 115 | 76.5% | 66 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 97 | 83.2% | 57 min | 2.06% | B |
| IND to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 92 | 90.6% | 48 min | 6.52% | A− |
| IND to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 89 | 76.4% | 53 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 88 | 80.7% | 55 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to MIA · Miamithin sample | 86 | 87.2% | 35 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| IND to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 85 | 78.8% | 84 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 81 | 92.0% | 47 min | 6.17% | A− |
| IND to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 78 | 81.8% | 91 min | 1.28% | B |
| IND to AUS · Austinthin sample | 71 | 90.1% | 27 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| IND to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 70 | 92.8% | 29 min | 1.43% | A |
| IND to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 67 | 88.5% | 59 min | 8.96% | A− |
| IND to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 66 | 78.5% | 155 min | 1.52% | B |
| IND to TPA · Tampathin sample | 58 | 78.6% | 59 min | 1.72% | B |
| IND to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 56 | 75.9% | 37 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held IND up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 34,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Carrier
- 34%Late-arriving aircraft
- 22%National Airspace System
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
The largest share of delay minutes, 40%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. Unlike weather, that is a management outcome, and it is the category where the gap between two carriers on the same schedule is genuinely earned. It accounts for 14,000 of the 34,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 34,191 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.57%, against 2.25% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
5.0% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.5%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from IND in February
For a February trip through IND: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 83.3% on time with 2.57% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Indianapolis International (IND), the whole year
- IND in July74.9%
- IND in August81.4%
- IND in September85.1%
- IND in October83.2%
- IND in November83.1%
- IND in December69.5%
- IND in January79.7%
- IND in March76.7%
- IND in April83.0%
- IND in May82.5%
- IND in June79.9%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.