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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 3% of the time at 7 am and 2 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Delta RDU IND 1h 58m 82% 1.5% 336 Flying now
Frontier RDU IND 1h 54m 84%few flights 2.6% 39 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Indianapolis on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → RDU 07:15 → MCO 08:55WN 3430 55m Orlando MCO 09:50 → IND 12:12WN 4655 4h 57m 95% 90%
DeltaDetails → RDU 09:54 → DTW 11:36DL 1427 2h 24m Detroit DTW 14:00 → IND 15:19DL 5846 · flown by Republic 5h 25m 99% 87%
SouthwestDetails → RDU 06:38 → BNA 07:08WN 3418 2h 57m Nashville BNA 10:05 → IND 12:20WN 537 5h 42m 98% 86%
UnitedDetails → RDU 06:00 → IAD 07:11UA 1789 1h 13m Dulles IAD 08:24 → IND 10:13UA 3561 · flown by Republic 4h 13m 97% 86%
AmericanDetails → RDU 05:01 → CLT 06:00AA 1903 2h 56m Charlotte CLT 08:56 → IND 10:35AA 1944 5h 34m 99% 86%
SouthwestDetails → RDU 06:10 → BWI 07:15WN 3422 3h 30m Baltimore BWI 10:45 → IND 12:30WN 960 6h 20m 100% 86%
DeltaDetails → RDU 05:20 → ATL 06:44DL 1552 2h 15m Atlanta ATL 08:59 → IND 10:31DL 2952 5h 13m 98% 85%
DeltaDetails → RDU 06:20 → ATL 07:48DL 1192 3h 17m Atlanta ATL 11:05 → IND 12:40DL 3013 6h 20m 99% 84%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → RDU 17:30 → MIA 19:49AA 2406 1h 10m Miami MIA 20:59 → IND 23:50AA 2518 6h 20m 65% 44%
AmericanDetails → RDU 11:13 → CLT 12:20AA 2381 46m Charlotte CLT 13:06 → IND 14:44AA 1950 3h 31m 64% 40%
UnitedDetails → RDU 17:12 → ORD 18:42UA 630 1h 03m Chicago ORD 19:45 → IND 22:05UA 3707 · flown by Republic 4h 53m 49% 35%

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 13m · leaves 06:00 3%
ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:20 4%
CLT · 1h 09m · leaves 05:01 4%
Afternoon and evening
MDW · 57m · leaves 19:28 51%
LGA · 1h 07m · leaves 17:05 55%
DEN · 50m · leaves 16:55 69%

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