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 9 am and 17% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	IND	DFW	2h 34m	81%	2.9%	1,906	Flying now
Frontier	IND	DFW	2h 23m	75%	0.9%	116	Flying now
Spirit	IND	DFW	2h 24m	92%few flights	0.0%	26	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Indianapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	IND 06:01 → PHX 06:44AA 1773	2h 46m Phoenix	PHX 09:30 → DFW 14:08AA 554	9h 07m	100%	87%
United Details →	IND 05:35 → IAD 07:19UA 3997 · flown by Mesa	1h 11m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → DFW 10:53UA 2471	6h 18m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	IND 06:00 → ATL 07:39DL 3105	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 16m	99%	83%
American Details →	IND 06:01 → PHX 06:47AA 796	1h 43m Phoenix	PHX 08:30 → DFW 13:05AA 2719	8h 04m	95%	82%
Delta Details →	IND 07:47 → DTW 09:03DL 4897 · flown by Endeavor	3h 42m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	7h 47m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901	1h 44m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	5h 45m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	IND 07:00 → MSP 07:50DL 2757	2h 13m Minneapolis	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	6h 33m	98%	80%
United Details →	IND 07:00 → IAH 08:28UA 2358	3h 37m Houston	IAH 12:05 → DFW 13:34UA 4024 · flown by Mesa	7h 34m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	IND 17:26 → IAH 19:08UA 1420	51m Houston	IAH 19:59 → DFW 21:25UA 1949	4h 59m	73%	50%
American Details →	IND 18:41 → PHX 19:23AA 3078	58m Phoenix	PHX 20:21 → DFW 00:48 +1AA 2603	7h 07m	67%	37%
United Details →	IND 18:33 → ORD 19:00UA 5435 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 19:50 → DFW 22:36UA 1673	5h 03m	52%	30%

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

MIA · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 4%

LGA · 1h 13m · leaves 06:10 4%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 05:36 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 58m · leaves 18:41 33%

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 19:44 37%

ORD · 50m · leaves 18:33 48%

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.


Southwest WN 4137 IND 06:20 → PHX American AA 554 PHX 09:30 → DFW Connection details →	2h 30m	8h 48m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 370 IND 05:30 → FLL American AA 1866 FLL 11:43 → DFW Connection details →	3h 33m	9h 25m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 2129 IND 05:10 → MCO American AA 2124 MCO 11:16 → DFW Connection details →	3h 51m	8h 57m	100%	84%

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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