Historical on-time performance
San Diego to Indianapolis
1,782 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SAN–IND arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 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-time70%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.0%Flights183
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline36%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)7%
- Late aircraft57%
- 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 SAN → IND
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 62% to 70% on time.
- Middays70% on time · p90 60 min · 286 flights
- Afternoons62% on time · p90 75 min · 68 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 57% to 80% on time.
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 96 flights · limited
- Mondays74% on time · p90 50 min · 54 flights · limited
- Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 68 flights · limited
- Thursdays64% on time · p90 75 min · 53 flights · limited
- Fridays57% on time · p90 80 min · 58 flights · limited
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