OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Indianapolis

665 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–IND arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,176 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.7%
    Flights1,176

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline16%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security1%

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 JFK → IND

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 — 87% on time.

  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 814 flights
  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 774 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 45 min · 2,016 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 55 min · 796 flights
  • Evenings73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,018 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 776 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 772 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 763 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 779 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 50 min · 769 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 45 min · 778 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 65 min · 781 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.