Flights Indianapolis → Salt Lake City
IND → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to Salt Lake City has a high on-time performance rate of 97%, with an average arrival three minutes ahead of schedule. Over the past year, this route has seen eighty-nine flights operated primarily by Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 25.8 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 89 flights monitored in recent months, 97% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.4/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 2,175 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 8m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of IND-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 89 tracked IND-SLC flights, 97% left on time with an average delay of -3 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating IND-SLC
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Frequently asked questions about IND-SLC
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 97% with an average delay of -3 minutes, based on 89 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-Salt Lake City is 2.25% across 89 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.
