Flights Washington → Indianapolis
IAD → IND
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Indianapolis operates with an average on-time performance of 86%, experiencing a mean delay of 13.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately three thousand seventy flights use aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer 170, serving a destination airport that handles nearly eight million six hundred ninety-three thousand 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 Washington (IAD) → Indianapolis (IND) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 399 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (medium), 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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Indianapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (IAD) to Indianapolis (IND) heads west for about 765 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 30% of IAD-IND flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Indianapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 399 tracked IAD-IND flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.0% 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 IAD-IND
On the Washington (IAD) -> Indianapolis (IND) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 399 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Indianapolis is 0.00% across 399 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.
