Historical on-time performance
Indianapolis to San Diego
1,782 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on IND–SAN arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 183 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.0%Flights183
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline37%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)17%
- Late aircraft43%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly IND → SAN
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 227 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 35 min · 134 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 81% on time.
- Fridays81% on time · p90 25 min · 58 flights · limited
- Mondays78% on time · p90 20 min · 54 flights · limited
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 30 min · 53 flights · limited
- Saturdays70% on time · p90 40 min · 96 flights · limited
- Sundays69% on time · p90 35 min · 68 flights · limited
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