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 one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	IND	RDU	1h 46m	80%	1.2%	336	Flying now
Frontier	IND	RDU	1h 42m	90%few flights	0.0%	39	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	IND 05:35 → BWI 07:10WN 2113	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 08:10 → RDU 09:30WN 1067	3h 55m	91%	90%
Delta Details →	IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901	1h 30m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	4h 39m	98%	89%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	IND 05:10 → TPA 07:25WN 518	1h 48m Tampa	TPA 09:13 → RDU 11:03DL 1279	5h 53m	97%	87%
Southwest Details →	IND 05:10 → MCO 07:25WN 2129	55m Orlando	MCO 08:20 → RDU 10:05WN 684	4h 55m	91%	87%
Delta Details →	IND 06:00 → ATL 07:39DL 3105	1h 04m Atlanta	ATL 08:43 → RDU 10:10DL 1699	4h 10m	96%	87%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	IND 06:00 → ORD 06:20UA 3479 · flown by Republic	3h 09m Chicago	ORD 09:29 → RDU 12:48AA 4756 · flown by Republic	6h 48m	98%	86%
American Details →	IND 06:00 → DCA 07:50AA 4626 · flown by Republic	3h 34m Washington	DCA 11:24 → RDU 12:44AA 4700 · flown by Republic	6h 44m	100%	86%
American Details →	IND 05:36 → ORD 06:00AA 4362 · flown by Republic	2h 18m Chicago	ORD 08:18 → RDU 11:38AA 4354 · flown by Republic	6h 00m	99%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	IND 16:33 → ATL 18:15DL 3138	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 19:18 → RDU 20:47DL 1518	4h 14m	72%	53%
American Details →	IND 17:23 → DFW 18:57AA 1956	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:04 → RDU 23:48AA 542	6h 25m	66%	34%
American Details →	IND 17:09 → DCA 19:09AA 4452 · flown by Republic	51m Washington	DCA 20:00 → RDU 21:12AA 2083	4h 03m	66%	32%

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

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 10:07 2%

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 06:32 4%

DTW · 1h 12m · leaves 07:47 8%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 51m · leaves 17:09 34%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 17:23 34%

CLT · 51m · leaves 15:30 45%

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