Direct Flights from Washington to Indianapolis
Nonstop service from DCA, IAD and BWI to IND on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Washington has 3 airports with nonstop service to Indianapolis. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗DCAINDRonald Reagan Washington National
- Find flights ↗IADINDWashington Dulles International
- Find flights ↗BWIINDBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
How rare is this nonstop?
40 cities have a nonstop to Indianapolis, Washington among them.
How long to go to Indianapolis for, from Washington
1h 30m in the air, 498 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Indianapolis. Two nights works.
With roughly 13 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana and also the state’s largest city. Efforts to beautify and modernize the city have brought Indianapolis into the 21st century as a world-class destination for everything from business meetings and trade conventions to backpackers making their way across the States.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Indianapolis
- The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a 152-acre (62 ha) campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B.
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is located at 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city.
- The Indianapolis Zoo is a 93-acre (38 ha) non-profit zoo, public aquarium, and botanical garden in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
- The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 284 ft 6 in (86.72 m) tall neoclassical monument built on Monument Circle, a circular, brick-paved street that intersects Meridian and Market streets in the center of…
- The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is an urban feature and war memorial located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, originally built to honor the veterans of World War I.
- Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at Fourteenth and Meridian Streets in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States.
- The Indiana State Museum is a museum located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum houses exhibits on the science, art, culture, and history of Indiana from prehistoric times to the present day.
- The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is an art museum in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
- Broad Ripple Park Carousel is an antique carousel in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
- Eagle Creek Park is a municipal park in the northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Officially opened in 1972, it covers approximately 3,900 acres (16 km2) of land and 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) of water.
- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is an automotive museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, which houses the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame.
- Mounds State Park is a state park near Anderson, Indiana featuring Native American heritage, and ten ceremonial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America, and also used cen…
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Indianapolis weather, compared with Washington
3° cooler than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Indianapolis 36°F · Washington 43°F · 7° colder
- April
- Indianapolis 64°F · Washington 67°F · 3° colder
- July
- Indianapolis 86°F · Washington 88°F · 2° colder
- October
- Indianapolis 66°F · Washington 68°F · 2° colder
January bottoms out near 36°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Indianapolis
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Indianapolis is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Indianapolis rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and Indianapolis Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Washington to Indianapolis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (DCA, IAD, BWI) to Indianapolis (IND) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Indianapolis?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Washington (DCA, IAD, BWI) and Indianapolis (IND).
- Which Washington airports have nonstop flights to Indianapolis?
- You can leave from 3 Washington airports: DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American; IAD (Washington Dulles International) on United; BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Indianapolis?
- There are about 13 nonstop departures per day (roughly 91 per week) from Washington to Indianapolis.
- How far is Indianapolis from Washington?
- Indianapolis is about 498 miles from Washington by air.
- What is there to do in Indianapolis?
- Popular things to do include Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Zoo, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis), and more.
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