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Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airlines
American Airlines

American Airlines' Main Cabin Extra offers early boarding and complimentary drinks, ideal for longer flights.


American Airlines provides high-speed Wi-Fi for purchase, with free options for T-Mobile customers.

Delta

Delta offers free Wi-Fi for SkyMiles members on domestic flights, enhancing productivity and connectivity.


Delta's Sky Priority check-in speeds up the process for elite status or premium cabin passengers.

Read more about Deltaby Stefanie Waldek
Airports
IND

IND offers efficient security with typical waits under 3 minutes. Arrive 2 hours early to ensure a smooth departure.

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LAX

For quick city access, use the LAX FlyAway bus to Downtown L.A. or Van Nuys. It's a convenient and cost-effective option.

Read more about LAXby Stefanie Waldek
Our travel experts
Harriet Baskas

Harriet Baskas

Expert on American Airlines

Harriet Baskas

Harriet Baskas

Harriet is an award-winning journalist who is happiest in an airport or an unusual museum. Her stories about airports, air travel, and the business of travel have appeared on NBC News, CNBC, USA TODAY, The Points Guy and other outlets. She is the creator of the StuckatTheAirport.com blog and the author of nine books. When not out on the road or exploring the latest airport amenities, she’s home in Seattle getting ready for the next adventure.

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Stefanie Waldek

Stefanie Waldek

Expert on Delta and LAX

Stefanie Waldek

Stefanie Waldek

Stefanie Waldek is a freelance space, travel, and design writer based in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her words have appeared in Space.com, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, and House Beautiful, among other publications. An expert in aviation and expedition cruising, Stefanie is frequently up in the air or on the sea, likely en route to Antarctica or the Arctic.

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Jennifer Simonson

Jennifer Simonson

Expert on IND

Jennifer Simonson

Jennifer Simonson

Jennifer Simonson is driven by her lifelong commitment to exploring the globe. Her insatiable curiosity had led her to immerse herself into diverse locations like Oklahoma City and Pismo. Her hotel recommendations are the result of the myriad hotels she's stayed at across her travels. Along her journey, she cherishes engaging conversations with locals, indulging in the finest ice cream, trying her hand at surfing, and embarking on nature-filled hikes.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$63
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles

When to book flights from Indianapolis to Los Angeles

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  • Are there therapy dogs at LAX in case I need to de-stress after I land?

    Yes. LAX operates the PUP (Pets Unstressing Passengers) program. Trained therapy dogs and their trained handlers roam the airport looking to help passengers who might feel stressed, sad, anxious, confused, or cognitively challenged. These dogs are recognizable because of the red vests that they wear. Passengers are very much encouraged to pet, hug, cuddle, smooch, and take pictures with these dogs.

  • How can I fly from IND to LAX?

    Delta, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines are among the carriers that operate non-stop flights from IND to LAX. Carriers such as American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta operate one-stop flights. Layover cities include Minneapolis (MSP), Phoenix (PHX), Las Vegas (LAS), Chicago (ORD), and Dallas (DFW).

  • Where can I park my car long-term at IND?

    You can choose daily parking on any level of the Terminal Garage. A less expensive option is the Park and Walk Lot. This is approximately a 10min walk to the terminal. If you choose Economy Parking, the most affordable option, you can take the free shuttle to the Ground Transportation Center, from which you can access the terminal.

  • If I want to relax and pamper myself before my flight, is there a spa available at IND airport?

    Yes. On concourse B, at Gate B06, you will find the Enroute Spa. This venue offers massages, manicures, pedicures, and retail items, gifts and souvenirs, that have been locally sourced and crafted. The Enroute Spa is open every day from 9 am until 5 pm.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $106 or less one-way and $189 or less round-trip.
  • Active-duty members of the military, their families, or military retirees can take advantage of the Bob Hope USO lounge in Terminal 2 of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This is an ideal place to refresh, rest, or regroup before you head into Los Angeles. The lounge is open 24/7 and offers showers and meals, among many other amenities.
  • If you need to gas up your car when you arrive at Indianapolis International Airport (IND), you can take advantage of their Airport Service Plaza on the south side of Colonel H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive. This service plaza offers all levels of fuel options, a Subway restaurant, a convenience store, free Wi-Fi, restrooms, a flight information monitor, and much more.
  • If you are a traveling mother who needs to nurse or pump as soon as you deplane at LAX, the airport provides nursing rooms throughout all the terminals. These private spaces include comfortable seating, a sink, paper towels, an electrical outlet, and a table or a counter.
  • If you are traveling with a pet or a service animal who needs to go to the bathroom as soon as you land at LAX, you are in luck. LAX provides animal relief areas in each terminal. These areas can be found in Terminal 1 at Gate 13, Terminal 2 at Gate 21, the outdoor atrium of Terminal 3, on the bridge between Terminal 4 and Tom Bradley International Terminal, at Gate 52B in Terminal 5, in the outdoor atrium at Gate 62 in Terminal 6, and at Gate 37 in Terminal 7.
  • If you want to stay loose, active, and healthy before you get on your flight to Los Angeles, IND has designed specific walkways through the airport where you can do laps before your flight. There is a course before security and after.

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Direct departures

Indianapolis to Los Angeles

Monday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +7 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +8 more

Tuesday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +6 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +7 more

Wednesday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +6 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +7 more

Thursday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +7 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +8 more

Friday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +7 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +8 more

Saturday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +6 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +7 more

Sunday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +7 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +8 more

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Direct returns

Los Angeles to Indianapolis

Monday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +6 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, +4 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, +5 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +6 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, +3 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +4 more

Sunday

Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +6 more

Air France, Alaska Airlines, +7 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Indianapolis to Los Angeles

 
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4242 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

10.0 ExcellentGordon, Jul 2025GEG - OAK
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Only one drink pass through the cabin for a 4 hour flight. Quite rough and bumpy landing.

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Excellent! Only question is how we check in at exactly 24 hours in advance and end up at the end of the B boarding group

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

The flight crew was friendly. I tried to adjust my seat online ahead of time but no option existed without additional fees. My friend asked at the gate about a seat change and was able to make it happen. That was great! The flight crew moved a very tall gentleman and his companion which allowed us to have more space which was nice. Overall, good experience. Appreciated the blanket and pillow.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

There is no room, no gluten free options, or any free internet/entertainment. You have to bring your own tablet or smartphone because there are no screens.

American Airlines is a mediocre airlines: they do not maintain the highest standard of cleanliness in the cabins, and the food is not well thought out. Service is not at top of mind compared to other international airlines such as Singapore Airlines, JAL or others.

Boarding gate in Honolulu was staffed with a great clerk with a soothing voice despite the flight delay of over an hour. Flight attendants in the plane were all grumpy, not pleasant looking bunch. Their sour attitude showed throughout the flight. Inly able to get a select few movies started. Most of the movie links in the “free entertainment” did not work.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

April was the flight attendant in first class and was the most pleasant, cordial and efficient person I have seen on a flight in years. Good example of the type of people AA should hire to increase customer satisfacdtion.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

It was canceled. The flight wasn’t rescheduled, everyone had to figure out their own new arrangements. They said we would get refunded our original fare and receive an additional $150. We received links for $100 only and they expired before we could activate them.

The plane had originated in Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning and flew to Moline where we boarded. The flight left around 12:30 PM and there were no boxed snacks available and many of the alcoholic beverages were unavailable. I would find it hard to believe that that many of the passengers coming from Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning, drank and ate that much of the items. I can only come to the conclusion that someone failed to stock the plane for the round-trip. This is a huge revenue failure for the airline and disappointment for the passengers. The flight crew did not seem happy to be there and did not engage with passengers. Allegiant you can do better.

They did not let my husband on the plane with our service animal at the last minute. Do NOT fly this airline with a service animal!

Tight! Seats are not designed for those of us who wear extra-large clothes.

The non-stop flight from Grand Rapids was excellent. I neither expected or needed a budget flight and Allegiant made the trip easy and for an affordable price, Arriving at the Mesa Airport (AZA) is a delight compared to the international airport. For our return flight, we were able to arrive 75 minutes before the flight, return the rental car, check our bag and make it to the gate in plenty of time. That would never happen at most airports.

Easiest flights I’ve ever taken. Plane was comfortable without overly crowded seating.

Terrible. Still have not received the refund from them. They sent it to some account that I don't even know. Spoke with costumer service and they are unable to help.

I didn’t like it at all. I miss my second flight because of the delay on Allegiant Air now I m stuck in MCO.

Good, but a bit late on take off after loading. Don't like charging for carry ons!

First time flying with them and will definitely fly again in the future. Crew was so nice and friendly, fought was seamless. They are simple planes, no entertainment, but it’s fine for a short flight or if you have personal devices Rates are competitive, and they did so well with keeping the flight on time after a tropical storm, where other airlines had delays and cancellations.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Perfect for the money paid. Flight from Indianapolis to Fort Lauderdale. Very courteous airport staff and crew. The boarding process went very smooth. Indianapolis was in the middle of several sever storms, delaying boarding and they found a window between the storms, asked everyone for a quick boarding and we departed before we would be held longer by the next storm front. A little rough air 20 min or so after take off, however I’ll take that to being grounded the whole night. Seats kind of small, kind of hard, but very doable for the 2.5 hrs flight. Snacks and drinks available for purchase. We didn’t, as it was a late night flight. One of the checked luggage came wet in Florida and clothes inside got wet from the water that infiltrated through the zipper, I’m assuming it was in the rain in Indianapolis, I cannot blame Spirit as I think the baggage handlers are hired by the airport. I’ll be more careful next time, as I have suitcases that are more water proof and maybe I should only purchase that kind.

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

Your crew is a representation of your Standards and Values. The crew from Seattle to LAX, was very disappointing. The crew was more interested in hanging out at the lobby area. Talking, laughing loudly and eating all the snacks. They did not do regular rounds to see if customers needed anything. This was a huge disappointment. I will no longer be flying with your airlines moving forward.

Stop nickel and diming passengers with different seat costs, paying for water, carry on luggage, etc.

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

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