OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Indianapolis

660 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.4%of scheduled flights

based on 2,486 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
    p9065 min
    Cancel5.4%
    Flights2,486

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline22%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather36%
  • Air traffic (NAS)44%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 135 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 LGA → 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 — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,692 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,816 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,048 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 65 min · 2,946 flights
  • Overnights64% on time · p90 75 min · 249 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 83% on time.

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 511 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,242 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,245 flights
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,234 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,240 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,245 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,034 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.