DTW to IND flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Indianapolis, IN (IND) · 231 miles
981 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.22%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
82 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 39 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Republic Airways arrived on time 6.5 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 82 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The Detroit to Indianapolis route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on DTW to IND. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on DTW to IND
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 729 | 77.05% | 1.23% | 87 min | C |
| Republic Airways | 192 | 83.6% | 1.56% | 64 min | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 60 | 78.33% | 0% | 59 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
IND to DTW Indianapolis back to Detroit 79.71% on time COther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Indianapolis usually delayed?
78.41% of flights on the DTW to IND route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Detroit to Indianapolis?
Republic Airways, at 83.6% on time across 192 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 77.05%.
How often are DTW to IND flights cancelled?
1.22% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 12 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Detroit to Indianapolis?
October, when 95.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 56.2%.
When DTW to IND flights are late, how late are they?
About 82 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DTW to IND during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →