Indianapolis (IND) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,395 km
- 1,488 mi · 1,293 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 47 min / 3 h 18 min
- Average gate to gate: IND → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 301 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (178 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 415,383
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.1%
- Flights / week
- 59
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 521,042 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, AA
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 IND
- 261°
- Heading from PHX
- 66°
- Halfway point
- 37.28, -99.68
- Great-circle km
- 2,390 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IND → PHX
- 3 h 27 min
- In the air PHX → IND
- 2 h 55 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 26,551 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,577 |
| Oct 2025 | 41,254 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,638 |
| Dec 2025 | 35,312 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,934 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,029 |
| Mar 2026 | 45,742 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,700 |
| May 2026 | 38,134 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,274 |
| Jul 2026 | 34,238 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 208 |
| Sep 2025 | 195 |
| Oct 2025 | 281 |
| Nov 2025 | 248 |
| Dec 2025 | 255 |
| Jan 2026 | 232 |
| Feb 2026 | 229 |
| Mar 2026 | 331 |
| Apr 2026 | 286 |
| May 2026 | 283 |
| Jun 2026 | 252 |
| Jul 2026 | 250 |
Airlines flying IND–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 35 | 58% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 24 | 42% |
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 · 1,847 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 916 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 268 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 7 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 6 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 4 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1 flight
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 166 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,059
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.4% | 15 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 82% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 53% · air traffic system 13% · weather 3% · 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
- $328
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $299
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 54% of passengers · $312
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 54% of passengers · $312
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $285 · Q3 2025 $276 · Q4 2025 $298 · Q1 2026 $328).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $335, likely $290–$382
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 5.6%). 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 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,390 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.