Flights Fort Lauderdale → Indianapolis
FLL → IND
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Indianapolis has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 55%, with an average delay time of 34.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 331 flights serving a busy destination airport that handles approximately 8,693,024 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Indianapolis (IND) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 429 flights monitored in recent months, 54% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 32 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Indianapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Indianapolis (IND) heads north for about 1,621 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 27m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 57% of FLL-IND flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Indianapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 429 tracked FLL-IND flights, 54% left on time with an average delay of 32 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-IND
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Indianapolis (IND) route, on-time performance is 54% with an average delay of 32 minutes, based on 429 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Indianapolis is 3.03% across 429 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
