Flights Indianapolis → Boston
IND → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Boston operates with an 85% on-time performance rate, featuring an average delay of just 4.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 499 flights using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 36,090,716 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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 645 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 1,313 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 4m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of IND-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 645 tracked IND-BOS flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about IND-BOS
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 645 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Boston is 3.26% across 645 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
