Charlotte (CLT) – Indianapolis (IND)
- Distance
- 688 km
- 428 mi · 372 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 36 min / 1 h 39 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → IND / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 87 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (51 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 500,399
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.0%
- Flights / week
- 74
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 665,462 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, OH, NK
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 CLT
- 318°
- Heading from IND
- 135°
- Halfway point
- 37.50, -83.54
- Great-circle km
- 688 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → IND
- 1 h 10 min
- In the air IND → CLT
- 1 h 8 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 37,650 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,709 |
| Oct 2025 | 52,484 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,404 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,848 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,801 |
| Feb 2026 | 35,238 |
| Mar 2026 | 47,936 |
| Apr 2026 | 41,533 |
| May 2026 | 45,347 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,019 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,430 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 283 |
| Sep 2025 | 293 |
| Oct 2025 | 375 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 327 |
| Jan 2026 | 274 |
| Feb 2026 | 276 |
| Mar 2026 | 342 |
| Apr 2026 | 326 |
| May 2026 | 345 |
| Jun 2026 | 337 |
| Jul 2026 | 348 |
Airlines flying CLT–IND nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 72 | 98% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 1.4 | 1% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.7 | 1% |
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 737-800 · 1,989 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,112 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 324 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 169 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 118 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 72 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 71 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 6 flights
Also carried: 48 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,916
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.3% | 20 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 93.1% | 3 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 81.6% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 8% · weather 6% · 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
- $360
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $311
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 87% of passengers · $375
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 8% of passengers · $212
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $310 · Q3 2025 $288 · Q4 2025 $295 · Q1 2026 $360).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $368, likely $318–$419
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 5.9%). 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
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: 688 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.