Flights Indianapolis → Baltimore
IND → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Baltimore is served by Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 7.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1947, handles approximately 22,804,744 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 Indianapolis (IND) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 364 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 828 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of IND-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 364 tracked IND-BWI flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 2.8% 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 IND-BWI
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 364 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Baltimore is 2.75% across 364 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.
