Airport month record
INDNOV
Indianapolis International in November 2025
- Departures
- 3,904
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at IND, see live FAA status.
IND in November lands a B, 4 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,904 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 368 at 91.1% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 91.1% on time across 368 flights.
Key figures
On time
83.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,788 completed departures
Avg delay
77 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.84%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
80.2%
IND across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,904 departures from Indianapolis International in November 2025. 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
November next to IND's other months
Against IND's own year, November ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 80.2%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 83.2% on time and December 69.5%, 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 (this page) | 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 | 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 November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 22 points, against 10 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,060 flights93.9%
- 8am–11am582 flights88.2%
- 11am–2pm661 flights82.6%
- 2pm–5pm662 flights77.1%
- 5pm–8pm698 flights71.7%
- 8pm–5am241 flights72.5%
Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.9% of the time, against 71.7% for the evening window. That is 22 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 1,060 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Friday is the strongest day at 90.4% on time and Sunday the weakest at 73.7%. 17 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at IND in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 91.1% of the time; Republic Airways manages 81.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,187 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 1,187 | 81.1% | 71 min | 4.55% | B− |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,067 | 82.5% | 62 min | 2.34% | B |
| American Airlines | 542 | 84.7% | 92 min | 0.74% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 368 | 91.1% | 114 min | 2.17% | A |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 257 | 81.0% | 102 min | 3.50% | B− |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 154 | 82.1% | 115 min | 5.84% | B− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 100 | 82.0% | 44 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 99 | 86.7% | 88 min | 1.01% | A |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 76 | 76.0% | 84 min | 1.32% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 38 | 76.3% | 35 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Republic Airways cancels 4.5% 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 November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND to ORD · Chicago | 404 | 77.0% | 84 min | 8.42% | B− |
| IND to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 249 | 90.1% | 73 min | 2.01% | A |
| IND to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 205 | 85.2% | 88 min | 4.39% | A− |
| IND to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 204 | 78.7% | 67 min | 3.43% | B− |
| IND to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 198 | 84.6% | 68 min | 5.05% | B− |
| IND to DEN · Denverthin sample | 191 | 83.9% | 53 min | 2.62% | B |
| IND to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 171 | 87.6% | 103 min | 0.58% | A+ |
| IND to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 168 | 83.6% | 107 min | 1.19% | B |
| IND to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 167 | 75.3% | 73 min | 4.79% | B− |
| IND to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 162 | 83.6% | 78 min | 1.85% | B |
| IND to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 126 | 80.2% | 74 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 107 | 90.6% | 221 min | 0.93% | A+ |
| IND to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 106 | 86.3% | 49 min | 3.77% | A− |
| IND to AUS · Austinthin sample | 101 | 88.1% | 52 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| IND to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 101 | 86.9% | 61 min | 1.98% | A |
| IND to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 97 | 82.6% | 90 min | 5.15% | B− |
| IND to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 88 | 81.8% | 60 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| IND to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 87 | 83.5% | 45 min | 1.15% | B |
| IND to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 87 | 87.2% | 73 min | 1.15% | A |
| IND to MIA · Miamithin sample | 84 | 80.7% | 74 min | 1.19% | B |
| IND to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 80 | 95.0% | 78 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| IND to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 75 | 85.3% | 47 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| IND to TPA · Tampathin sample | 70 | 75.0% | 117 min | 2.86% | B |
| IND to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 63 | 75.4% | 45 min | 3.17% | B− |
| IND to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 60 | 80.0% | 85 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held IND up in November
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 49,000 reported delay minutes.
- 39%Late-arriving aircraft
- 36%National Airspace System
- 21%Carrier
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
39% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 49,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 49,114 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.84%, against 2.49% nationally. That is roughly 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.
6.8% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. 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 a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from IND in November
For a November trip through IND: expect 83.1% on time and 2.84% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the 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 December69.5%
- IND in January79.7%
- IND in February83.3%
- 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.