OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Lauderdale to Indianapolis

1,005 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FLL–IND arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 756 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights375
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights350
  • Allegiant Air
    On-time42%
    Median20 min
    p90175 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline43%
  • Weather43%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 14 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly FLL → IND

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 695 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 35 min · 475 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 75 min · 308 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 75 min · 814 flights
  • Evenings56% on time · p90 95 min · 901 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 304 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 312 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 586 flights
  • Mondays67% on time · p90 75 min · 448 flights
  • Thursdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 516 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 85 min · 574 flights
  • Fridays64% on time · p90 65 min · 453 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.