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 77% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	RSW	IND	2h 35m	77%	0.5%	805	Flying now
Frontier	RSW	IND	–	100%few flights	0.0%	2	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	RSW 06:15 → MCO 07:15WN 4872	2h 35m Orlando	MCO 09:50 → IND 12:12WN 4655	5h 57m	100%	92%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → IAH 08:33UA 2773	3h 22m Houston	IAH 11:55 → IND 15:25UA 1687	8h 25m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → IND 12:40DL 3013	5h 55m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:30 → BWI 08:50WN 3463	1h 55m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → IND 12:30WN 960	6h 00m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	RSW 05:10 → MDW 07:00WN 1243	3h 05m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → IND 12:08WN 3877	6h 57m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385	1h 36m Atlanta	ATL 08:59 → IND 10:31DL 2952	4h 56m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	RSW 08:03 → ATL 09:52DL 1395	3h 56m Atlanta	ATL 13:48 → IND 15:20DL 3134	7h 17m	99%	81%
United Details →	RSW 06:02 → EWR 08:59UA 2455	2h 55m Newark	EWR 11:54 → IND 14:07UA 3446 · flown by Republic	8h 05m	100%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	RSW 13:19 → ATL 15:08DL 1153	51m Atlanta	ATL 15:59 → IND 17:35DL 3126	4h 16m	72%	55%
Delta Details →	RSW 18:15 → MSP 20:54DL 402	46m Minneapolis	MSP 21:40 → IND 00:17 +1DL 674	6h 02m	55%	42%
American Details →	RSW 17:24 → ORD 19:54AA 2437	51m Chicago	ORD 20:45 → IND 23:05AA 4594 · flown by Republic	5h 40m	29%	21%

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

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 07:00 2%

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 08:03 6%

PHL · 1h 00m · leaves 07:01 10%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 46m · leaves 18:15 45%

BWI · 55m · leaves 18:55 52%

ORD · 51m · leaves 17:24 71%

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.


United UA 1554 RSW 07:00 → ORD American AA 3596 ORD 12:49 → IND Connection details →	3h 26m	8h 03m	100%	85%
JetBlue B6 130 RSW 06:02 → JFK American AA 4385 JFK 11:52 → IND Connection details →	2h 46m	8h 15m	93%	79%
American AA 803 RSW 06:15 → ORD United UA 5968 ORD 10:35 → IND Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 39m	100%	77%

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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