Flights Indianapolis → San Francisco
IND → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Indianapolis to San Francisco operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 114 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, San Francisco International Airport, which handles nearly 50 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) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 145 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Indianapolis (IND) to San Francisco (SFO) heads west for about 3,120 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 19m.
Departures from Indianapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 83% of IND-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 145 tracked IND-SFO flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.7% 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-SFO
On the Indianapolis (IND) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 145 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Indianapolis-San Francisco is 0.69% across 145 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.
