Flights Raleigh-durham → Indianapolis
RDU → IND
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Indianapolis has a punctuality rate of 73%, with an average delay of 16.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 89 flights, serving one of the destination airport's busiest cities in terms of annual passenger traffic at 8,693,024 passengers.
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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Indianapolis (IND) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 89 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Indianapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Indianapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Indianapolis (IND) heads north-west for about 785 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of RDU-IND flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Indianapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 89 tracked RDU-IND flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.1% 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 RDU-IND
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-IND
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Indianapolis (IND) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 89 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Indianapolis is 1.12% 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.
