Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same 50-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 12 pm and 30% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	IND	LAX	4h 33m	87%	0.6%	337	Flying now
American	IND	LAX	4h 43m	84%	0.8%	491	Flying now
Spirit	IND	LAX	4h 38m	77%few flights	0.0%	26	Not flying now
Southwest	IND	LAX	–	60%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now
Allegiant	IND	LAX	–	0%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Indianapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901	1h 46m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	8h 03m	99%	92%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	IND 07:15 → LAS 08:10WN 2125	2h 35m Las Vegas	LAS 10:45 → LAX 12:05UA 203	7h 50m	98%	92%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	IND 05:10 → MCO 07:25WN 2129	2h 20m Orlando	MCO 09:45 → LAX 11:59DL 504	9h 49m	100%	91%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	IND 09:35 → DEN 10:15WN 2118	3h 11m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	8h 22m	100%	91%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	IND 13:45 → MCI 14:15WN 4887	2h 11m Kansas City	MCI 16:26 → LAX 18:10UA 5489 · flown by SkyWest	7h 25m	92%	90%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	IND 07:40 → SLC 09:15DL 2137	2h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	7h 35m	96%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	IND 06:20 → PHX 07:00WN 4137	3h 06m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	8h 11m	100%	89%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	IND 06:01 → PHX 06:44AA 1773	3h 51m Phoenix	PHX 10:35 → LAX 12:11DL 4119 · flown by SkyWest	9h 10m	100%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	IND 17:15 → JFK 19:39DL 4984 · flown by Endeavor	46m New York	JFK 20:25 → LAX 23:41DL 752	9h 26m	70%	46%
American Details →	IND 16:45 → JFK 19:10AA 4456 · flown by Republic	50m New York	JFK 20:00 → LAX 23:24AA 117	9h 39m	59%	39%
American Details →	IND 20:42 → ORD 21:10AA 1951	1h 20m Chicago	ORD 22:30 → LAX 00:52 +1AA 1209	7h 10m	56%	26%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 10:11 3%

ATL · 52m · leaves 10:07 6%

PHX · 55m · leaves 06:20 6%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 47m · leaves 20:19 52%

PHX · 50m · leaves 21:15 61%

SFO · 50m · leaves 19:59 82%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON