Denver (DEN) – Indianapolis (IND)
- Distance
- 1,572 km
- 977 mi · 849 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 23 min / 2 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → IND / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 197 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (117 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 695,830
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.4%
- Flights / week
- 96
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 843,530 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, UA, 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 DEN
- 85°
- Heading from IND
- 276°
- Halfway point
- 40.15, -95.47
- Great-circle km
- 1,568 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → IND
- 1 h 58 min
- In the air IND → DEN
- 2 h 23 min
- Clocks
- Indianapolis is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 68,072 |
| Sep 2025 | 63,896 |
| Oct 2025 | 67,162 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,749 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,211 |
| Jan 2026 | 44,119 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,590 |
| Mar 2026 | 58,341 |
| Apr 2026 | 54,708 |
| May 2026 | 58,359 |
| Jun 2026 | 66,421 |
| Jul 2026 | 69,202 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 482 |
| Sep 2025 | 426 |
| Oct 2025 | 454 |
| Nov 2025 | 376 |
| Dec 2025 | 377 |
| Jan 2026 | 344 |
| Feb 2026 | 318 |
| Mar 2026 | 422 |
| Apr 2026 | 390 |
| May 2026 | 429 |
| Jun 2026 | 472 |
| Jul 2026 | 485 |
Airlines flying DEN–IND nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 54 | 54% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 31 | 33% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 13% |
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 · 1,670 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,265 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 801 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 353 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 302 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 197 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 171 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 137 flights
Also carried: 319 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 4,991
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.5% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.1% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 80.3% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 24% · weather 2% · 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
- $242
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $215
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 48% of passengers · $248
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 18% of passengers · $138
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $189 · Q4 2025 $228 · Q1 2026 $242).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,568 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.
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