OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Indianapolis to Dallas-Fort Worth

762 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on IND–DFW arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,877 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel3.0%
    Flights1,877

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline37%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline14%
  • Weather84%
  • Air traffic (NAS)2%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 56 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 IND → DFW

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 62% to 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 2,291 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,222 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,162 flights
  • Overnights63% on time · p90 85 min · 282 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 75 min · 835 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 769 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 847 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 774 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 50 min · 891 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 771 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 55 min · 891 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 65 min · 849 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.