Atlanta (ATL) – Indianapolis (IND)
- Distance
- 695 km
- 432 mi · 375 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 28 min / 1 h 31 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → IND / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 88 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (52 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 858,264
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.3%
- Flights / week
- 121
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 1,084,130 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 347°
- Heading from IND
- 166°
- Halfway point
- 36.68, -85.32
- Great-circle km
- 696 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → IND
- 1 h 7 min
- In the air IND → ATL
- 1 h 7 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 74,777 |
| Sep 2025 | 73,821 |
| Oct 2025 | 83,361 |
| Nov 2025 | 62,537 |
| Dec 2025 | 64,128 |
| Jan 2026 | 60,392 |
| Feb 2026 | 63,800 |
| Mar 2026 | 73,743 |
| Apr 2026 | 70,693 |
| May 2026 | 74,285 |
| Jun 2026 | 78,115 |
| Jul 2026 | 78,612 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 579 |
| Sep 2025 | 555 |
| Oct 2025 | 588 |
| Nov 2025 | 488 |
| Dec 2025 | 508 |
| Jan 2026 | 479 |
| Feb 2026 | 459 |
| Mar 2026 | 516 |
| Apr 2026 | 504 |
| May 2026 | 508 |
| Jun 2026 | 527 |
| Jul 2026 | 555 |
Airlines flying ATL–IND nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 102 | 87% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 13 | 9% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.4 | 5% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 4,234 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 892 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 292 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 219 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 165 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 156 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 101 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 90 flights
Also carried: 309 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 6,323
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 87.1% | 9 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.6% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.9% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 20% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $301
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $252
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 65% of passengers · $355
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $219
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $222 · Q3 2025 $230 · Q4 2025 $264 · Q1 2026 $301).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $307, likely $266–$350
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 696 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Indianapolis
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