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 5% of the time at 12 pm and 42% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	IND	3h 31m	82%	0.3%	620	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	IND	3h 20m	69%	0.7%	904	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	IND	–	100%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	PHX 23:05 → MCO 06:20WN 4508	3h 30m Orlando	MCO 09:50 → IND 12:12 +1WN 4655	10h 07m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → LAX 07:35DL 4057 · flown by SkyWest	1h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 09:05 → IND 16:11DL 861	7h 11m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	2h 20m Atlanta	ATL 08:59 → IND 10:31 +1DL 2952	7h 34m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:45 → LAS 06:50WN 3281	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 09:00 → IND 15:40WN 3258	6h 55m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:50 → MSP 11:55DL 2553	3h 50m Minneapolis	MSP 15:45 → IND 18:22DL 1456	8h 32m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → DTW 12:48DL 947	1h 12m Detroit	DTW 14:00 → IND 15:19DL 5846 · flown by Republic	6h 19m	95%	86%
American Details →	PHX 00:50 → ORD 06:25AA 1148	3h 05m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → IND 11:40AA 843	7h 50m	97%	85%
American Details →	PHX 23:52 → DCA 07:14AA 1542	2h 45m Washington	DCA 09:59 → IND 11:57 +1AA 4701 · flown by Republic	9h 06m	99%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	58m Chicago	ORD 21:25 → IND 23:44UA 3660 · flown by Republic	5h 59m	58%	42%
American Details →	PHX 12:55 → PHL 20:41AA 1803	1h 19m Philadelphia	PHL 22:00 → IND 23:57 +1AA 1247	8h 07m	65%	39%
American Details →	PHX 15:30 → ORD 21:30AA 2786	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 22:30 → IND 00:51 +1AA 4363 · flown by Republic	6h 21m	59%	39%

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

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 06:40 2%

BOS · 1h 15m · leaves 21:45 5%

MSP · 1h 00m · leaves 06:50 5%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 58m · leaves 14:45 42%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 15:25 45%

DFW · 51m · leaves 15:15 57%

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 3259 PHX 05:15 → DEN United UA 1522 DEN 09:58 → IND Connection details →	1h 58m	6h 20m	98%	85%
Frontier F9 1086 PHX 00:20 → MCO Southwest WN 4655 MCO 09:50 → IND Connection details →	2h 13m	8h 52m	91%	85%
Southwest WN 3261 PHX 08:50 → DEN Frontier F9 2348 DEN 15:29 → IND Connection details →	3h 54m	8h 16m	100%	83%

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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