Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
DUB→IND
Dublin to Indianapolis
- Flights
- 386 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 3,708 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Dublin to Indianapolis International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 386 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about four departures a week in each direction, flown by Aer Lingus. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 75.7% of all departures from Dublin leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 73.7% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 80.6% of IND's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Dublin ranks 34th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
386
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
Aer Lingus
DUB departures on time
75.7%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
IND domestic on time
80.6%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.3 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Dublin so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from IND ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 2.02% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies DUB to IND
Aer Lingus is the only carrier the DOT report shows on DUB to IND, with 386 flights and an average of 130 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | 386 | 100% | 32 | 130 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often DUB to IND flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 44 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 4 in January 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202534
- August 202536
- September 202532
- October 202536
- November 202534
- December 202534
- January 20264
- February 202620
- March 202634
- April 202636
- May 202644
- June 202642
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 386 between DUB and IND from July 2025 to June 2026, about four departures a week in each direction, carrying 50,301 passengers. That makes it the 18th busiest of 23 US routes from Dublin.
The departure airport
How Dublin is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Dublin as a whole, every airline and every destination: 75.7% of departures and 73.7% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 97.5% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 77.0% for departures, about a point better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.3 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.0 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 80.9% | 80.7% | 96.5% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 77.0% | 76.4% | 97.8% | 0.0 min |
| Year to date | 75.7% | 73.7% | 97.5% | 0.3 min |
The arrival airport
Landing at Indianapolis International
Indianapolis International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 80.6% of its 48,599 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 2.02% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at IND reaches a flight from DUB just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
80.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
75 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
2.02%
Domestic departures
48,599
Last twelve months
Indianapolis International (IND) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on DUB to IND
Every flight that departs Dublin falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Indianapolis International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from IND is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,708 miles, 5,966 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking DUB to IND
There is no grade to give DUB to IND without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about four departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 76% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 81% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at IND; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
DUB to IND questions
How often are DUB to IND flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (75.7% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and IND's domestic record in the DOT data (80.6% on time).
Which airlines fly DUB to IND?
Aer Lingus. Aer Lingus accounted for 100% of the 386 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed DUB to IND flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Dublin are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from IND is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from DUB to IND?
About four departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 386 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 44 in May 2026 and falling to 4 in January 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Dublin (DUB): every US route
- Indianapolis International (IND) delay statistics
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- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Ireland publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.