Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Indianapolis (IND)
- Distance
- 1,225 km
- 761 mi · 661 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 7 min / 2 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → IND / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 553,637
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.2%
- Flights / week
- 77
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 698,806 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, F9, 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 DFW
- 49°
- Heading from IND
- 235°
- Halfway point
- 36.43, -91.90
- Great-circle km
- 1,224 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → IND
- 1 h 42 min
- In the air IND → DFW
- 1 h 53 min
- Clocks
- Indianapolis is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 52,057 |
| Sep 2025 | 52,485 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,032 |
| Nov 2025 | 44,306 |
| Dec 2025 | 42,044 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,533 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,212 |
| Mar 2026 | 44,426 |
| Apr 2026 | 43,671 |
| May 2026 | 44,421 |
| Jun 2026 | 47,953 |
| Jul 2026 | 50,497 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 381 |
| Sep 2025 | 391 |
| Oct 2025 | 412 |
| Nov 2025 | 331 |
| Dec 2025 | 292 |
| Jan 2026 | 250 |
| Feb 2026 | 261 |
| Mar 2026 | 309 |
| Apr 2026 | 317 |
| May 2026 | 323 |
| Jun 2026 | 344 |
| Jul 2026 | 378 |
Airlines flying DFW–IND nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71 | 93% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.4 | 6% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.0 | 1% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 0.3 | 0% |
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 · 2,550 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 537 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 518 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 133 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 107 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 69 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 52 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 14 flights
Also carried: 42 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,095
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.8% | 23 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79.1% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 96.2% | 2 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 14% · weather 9% · 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
- $291
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $241
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 87% of passengers · $305
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 1% of passengers · $126
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $237 · Q3 2025 $204 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $291).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $297, likely $257–$339
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). 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 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,224 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |