Flights Indianapolis → Newark
IND → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Newark operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of only 3.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 2001, serves over 43 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 Indianapolis (IND) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 675 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Newark (EWR) heads east for about 1,034 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 43m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of IND-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 675 tracked IND-EWR flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 3.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IND-EWR
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 675 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Newark is 3.70% across 675 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
