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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	IND	MIA	2h 50m	81%	1.4%	809	Flying now
Southwest	IND	MIA	2h 40m	75%	0.0%	116	Not flying now
Frontier	IND	MIA	–	75%few flights	0.0%	4	Not flying now
Delta	IND	MIA	–	50%few flights	0.0%	2	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Miami on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	IND 05:10 → MCO 07:25WN 2129	2h 35m Orlando	MCO 10:00 → MIA 11:15AA 2240	6h 05m	100%	87%
United Details →	IND 05:35 → IAD 07:19UA 6210 · flown by Mesa	1h 26m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MIA 11:35UA 1073	6h 00m	98%	85%
American Details →	IND 06:32 → CLT 08:15AA 2938	2h 46m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → MIA 13:11AA 969	6h 38m	98%	85%
American Details →	IND 06:00 → DCA 07:50AA 4626 · flown by Republic	2h 05m Washington	DCA 09:55 → MIA 12:38AA 1173	6h 38m	98%	84%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	IND 07:00 → BNA 07:10WN 2111	3h 29m Nashville	BNA 10:39 → MIA 14:00AA 1521	7h 00m	98%	84%
United Details →	IND 07:00 → IAH 08:28UA 2358	3h 32m Houston	IAH 12:00 → MIA 15:47UA 410	8h 47m	99%	83%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	IND 06:40 → BOS 09:07DL 5631 · flown by Republic	1h 49m Boston	BOS 10:56 → MIA 14:30AA 815	7h 50m	96%	82%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	IND 16:00 → DTW 17:19DL 5846 · flown by Republic	1h 38m Detroit	DTW 18:57 → MIA 22:10AA 3358 · flown by Envoy	6h 10m	89%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	IND 16:25 → ORD 16:48UA 2680	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 18:05 → MIA 22:27UA 2180	6h 02m	73%	48%
American Details →	IND 12:23 → LGA 14:33AA 4601 · flown by Republic	57m New York	LGA 15:30 → MIA 19:06AA 3017	6h 43m	70%	47%
American Details →	IND 17:23 → DFW 18:57AA 1956	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:05 → MIA 23:56AA 2823	6h 33m	67%	23%

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

PHL · 1h 19m · leaves 06:45 1%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 10:07 2%

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 06:32 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 09m · leaves 19:44 33%

DCA · 56m · leaves 14:52 35%

PHL · 55m · leaves 19:02 38%

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