Flights Houston → Indianapolis
HOU → IND
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Indianapolis operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 65%, with an average delay of 17.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 132 flights, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 8.7 million 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 Houston (HOU) → Indianapolis (IND) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 163 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Indianapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Indianapolis (IND) heads north-east for about 1,387 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of HOU-IND flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Indianapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 163 tracked HOU-IND flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.2% 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 HOU-IND
On the Houston (HOU) -> Indianapolis (IND) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 163 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Indianapolis is 1.23% across 163 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.
