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SRQ to IND flight delays

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) Indianapolis, IN (IND) · 876 miles

363 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

72.02%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.55%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

73 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

21 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 29.5 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.

This route does worse than its own airport. SRQ as a whole runs 8.8 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.

The two directions do not behave alike. IND to SRQ arrives on time 5 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.

This is a thin route — 363 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on SRQ to IND. Allegiant Air was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in December.

Every airline on SRQ 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
Southwest Airlines 182 72.38% 0.55% 65 min D
Allegiant Air 181 71.67% 0.55% 81 min D

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jul 2025 peak 88 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to Indianapolis usually delayed?

72.02% of flights on the SRQ to IND route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.

Which airline is most on time from Sarasota/Bradenton to Indianapolis?

Southwest Airlines, at 72.38% on time across 182 flights. The least punctual on the route was Allegiant Air at 71.67%.

How often are SRQ to IND flights cancelled?

0.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to Indianapolis?

October, when 79.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 50%.

When SRQ to IND flights are late, how late are they?

About 73 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 SRQ 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 →