IND to LAX flight delays
Indianapolis, IN (IND) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 1,814 miles
81 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.95%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
169 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
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 169 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.
Flights from Indianapolis to Los Angeles keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Every airline on IND to LAX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 54 | 77.78% | 0% | 181 min | — |
| Delta Air Lines | 27 | 96.3% | 0% | 19 min | — |
The return leg
LAX to IND Los Angeles back to Indianapolis 81.48% on time —Other routes from Indianapolis
Common questions
Are flights from Indianapolis to Los Angeles usually delayed?
83.95% of flights on the IND to LAX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
How often are IND to LAX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When IND to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 169 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 IND to LAX during March 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 →