Flights Indianapolis → Houston
IND → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Houston operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 133 flights, serving a busy destination airport that handles nearly 13,908,466 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 164 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Houston (HOU) heads south-west for about 1,387 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of IND-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 164 tracked IND-HOU flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% 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 IND-HOU
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 164 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Houston is 0.00% across 164 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.
