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Indianapolis International Airport

ICAO KIND39.7173°N 86.2944°W796 ft / 243 mLarge airport
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Indianapolis International Airport (IATA: IND, ICAO: KIND) is a large airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in 1931. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,200 ft (3,414 m). It is operated by Indianapolis Airport Authority. In 2025 it handled 10.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1931–1987
1931
OpenedIndianapolis International Airport opens.
20 OCT 1987
Disaster1987 Ramada Inn Corsair crash.9 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Concourse BConcourse AIndianapolis International Airport - Colonel H. Weir Cook Passenger TerminalCivic Plaza Skylight
05L/23R045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH11,200 ft3,414 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
05R/23L045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
14/32135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH7,278 ft2,218 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
7.4M
7.9M
8.6M
8.8M
9.5M
9.5M
4.1M
7.0M
8.5M
9.7M
10.5M
10.5M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

31 destinations · 6 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 178 mi / 286 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 231 mi / 371 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 428 mi / 688 kmUSA · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · 428 mi / 688 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 475 mi / 765 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 488 mi / 785 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 642 mi / 1,034 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 659 mi / 1,060 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 663 mi / 1,067 kmHVN · Tweed New Haven Airport · 712 mi / 1,146 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 761 mi / 1,224 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 816 mi / 1,313 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 845 mi / 1,360 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 919 mi / 1,479 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,007 mi / 1,621 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,023 mi / 1,646 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,485 mi / 2,390 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,810 mi / 2,913 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,862 mi / 2,996 kmDUB · Dublin Airport · 3,708 mi / 5,967 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 498 mi / 802 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 502 mi / 808 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 587 mi / 944 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 830 mi / 1,336 kmCUN · Cancún International Airport · 1,291 mi / 2,077 kmPUJ · Punta Cana International Airport · 1,811 mi / 2,914 kmSBN · South Bend International Airport · 137 mi / 221 kmLCK · Rickenbacker International Airport · 179 mi / 288 kmCAK · Akron Canton Regional Airport · 268 mi / 432 kmYHM · John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · 407 mi / 655 kmLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 4,304 mi / 6,926 kmLUXDUBSEAPUJLAXCUNMIAAUSBOSMSPDCARDUYHMORDPHXMCODFWJFKCAKSBNIAHPHLCLTDTWLCKHVNIND
Year-round20
ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express286 km178 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection371 km231 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines688 km428 miUSAConcord-Padgett Regional AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines688 km428 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express765 km475 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection785 km488 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express1,034 km642 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,060 km659 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,067 km663 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,146 km712 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,224 km761 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,313 km816 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,360 km845 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,479 km919 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,621 km1,007 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,646 km1,023 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,390 km1,485 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,913 km1,810 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines2,996 km1,862 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus5,967 km3,708 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Airlines 10Delta Connection 8United Express 4Avelo Airlines 2FedEx Express 2Castle Aviation 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IND. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Indianapolis International Airport” (revision of 25 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#206of 3,974 · #54 North America · #44 USLongest runway11,200 ft3,414 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=577of 29,823 · #136 North America · #113 USElevation796 ft243 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#21,504of 43,341 · #10,112 North America · #8,319 USAgeOpened 19312026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=452of 15,079 · =105 North America · =93 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

11 channels
APPAPP INITIAL CONTACT128.175
ATISATIS134.250
CLDCLNC DEL128.750
DEP (W)DEP WEST119.050
GNDGND121.800
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO122.550
TWRINDY TWR120.900
UNICUNICOM122.950
DEP (E)DEP EAST124.950
APP (E)APP EAST OF ACTIVE RWY127.150
APP (W)APP WEST OF ACTIVE RUNWAY124.650