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PIT
Pittsburgh International Airport
82.1% of departures from PIT arrived on time across 132,911 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 8 PM, at 65.8%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
PIT right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
93.7% leave on time
06:00–06:59 local · 19,842 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to the airline.
Historical pattern for PIT from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 08:56Z.
UpdatedBelow 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.
UpdatedAircraft observations from ADSB.lol (opens in a new tab) (Katia Esposito and contributing feeders), under the ODbL 1.0 (opens in a new tab). Derived data.
FlyerIntel shows live values only where a permitted source provides them. Sections without data are left empty rather than estimated.
Airport reliability
Departures from PIT, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 63% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 132,911 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
Why flights are cancelled at PIT
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 54.2% of cancelled departures from PIT — about 1 in every 113 scheduled departures. That is 5 points lower than the 59.5% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 2,172 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
1,177 cancellations, 54.2% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
509 cancellations, 23.4% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
486 cancellations, 22.4% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
2,172 of 132,911 scheduled departures from PIT were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 2,172 were recorded at PIT.
Why flights run late at PIT
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from PIT.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from PIT. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 20,079 departures from PIT that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 64% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 36% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; PIT’s is the 22nd highest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into PIT just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from PIT and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at PIT
Departures from PIT by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
14.4% of scheduled departures from PIT left in an hour of bad weather. 3.2% of them were cancelled, against 1.3% in normal conditions, and 72.3% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 83.7%. Those hours held 28% of all cancelled departures. That is about 362 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in fog hours: 8.5% of 1,015 departures, 6.4 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 54% of PIT’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 28% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 98,05773.8% of all | 1.3% | 83.7% | 83.7% | 8.8 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 19,12714.4% of all | 3.2%2.4 times normal | 79.1% | 72.3%11.4 points below normal | 14.7 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 19,61414.8% of all | 2.1%1.6 times normal | 82.7% | 79.4%4.3 points below normal | 10.6 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 8,2326.2% of all | 2.6%2.0 times normal | 82.5% | 76.6%7.1 points below normal | 10.4 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 3,7352.8% of all | 4.4%3.4 times normal | 83.6% | 79.3%4.4 points below normal | 12.5 min |
| Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport | 1,9271.5% of all | 4.6%3.5 times normal | 48.0% | 47.1%36.6 points below normal | 46.9 min |
| Snow or icesnow, snow grains, ice pellets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle | 6,7515.1% of all | 5.1%3.9 times normal | 78.4% | 59.9%23.8 points below normal | 15.1 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 1,0150.8% of all | 8.5%6.4 times normal | 84.8% | 83.0% | 12.4 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 4560.3% of all | 6.6%5.0 times normal | 36.4% | 35.5%48.2 points below normal | 61.0 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 1,9341.5% of all | 2.6%2.0 times normal | 71.1% | 65.1%18.6 points below normal | 23.0 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 9,6027.2% of all | 2.4%1.8 times normal | 85.6% | 82.9% | 8.4 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 6,1724.6% of all | 4.5%3.4 times normal | 79.7% | 70.4%13.3 points below normal | 14.8 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored.
This is the weather reported at PIT in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 100.0% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Which airlines hold up in bad weather at PIT
Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at PIT, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.
14% of the weather-matched departures from PIT left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 3.2% of them were cancelled. That is 2.4 times the 1.3% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 8 airlines have enough to compare.
Compared with the other carriers at PIT in the same months, United Airlines (1.2% cancelled against 3.6% for the others; below them in normal hours too) cancelled the fewest in bad weather and JetBlue (6.5% cancelled against 3.1% for the others; above them in normal hours too) the most. 3 more airlines are also clearly apart from the others.
Airlines in bad weather at PIT
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers | Normal hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 1,5498% of bad-weather | 1.2%below the others | 3.6% | 0.9%others 1.3% |
| Southwest Airlines | 4,64324% of bad-weather | 1.7%below the others | 3.7% | 0.6%others 1.5% |
| Allegiant Air | 7264% of bad-weather | 1.5%below the others | 3.3% | 1.1%others 1.5% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,3857% of bad-weather | 2.5% | 3.5% | 1.1%others 1.4% |
| American Airlines | 2,58514% of bad-weather | 2.6% | 3.2% | 1.2%others 1.4% |
| Spirit Airlines | 1,0105% of bad-weather | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.2%others 1.2% |
| Republic Airways | 4,95126% of bad-weather | 5.2%above the others | 2.5% | 1.7%others 1.1% |
| JetBlue | 6173% of bad-weather | 6.5%above the others | 3.1% | 2.2%others 1.3% |
Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.
The 8 listed airlines flew 91% of the bad-weather departures at PIT; a carrier under 500 is not listed. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points. Republic Airways flies for Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines and is counted as a carrier of its own here, though it shares the airport’s gates, its de-icing and often its decisions to cancel.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at PIT
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at PIT, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at PIT is scheduled for 50 minutes on the ground and takes 55 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. Aircraft are given less time on the ground here than at the typical airport. The typical turn runs 5 minutes over its schedule, closer to it than the 7 minutes across all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (15,543 turns here, 58 minutes late on average), 66% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 78% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 9% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 62% finished in the schedule and 78% leaving late. PIT finishes more late turns in the schedule than the network would, but lateness is passed on about as often. 38% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes, against 31% across all airports.
Turns at PIT against all airports
84,578 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | PIT | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median scheduled turn | 50 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 55 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 18% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 66% | 68% | 62% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 78% | 72% | 78% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 9% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at PIT, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at PIT with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 84,578 turns are 64% of the flights that left PIT in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing. Airlines set their own turn schedules, so this describes the airlines that fly at PIT and does not rate the airport.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets PIT apart
Where PIT’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave PIT at 10 AM arrive on time 89.4% of the time, 6.6 points better than the 82.8% for that hour at the other airports.
9 PM is where PIT falls furthest behind the rest: 66.0% of its 9 PM departures arrive on time, 5.2 points below the 71.2% for that hour elsewhere.
July treats PIT better than it treats the rest of the country: 76.0% on time against 70.1% elsewhere, 5.9 points ahead.
JetBlue does better out of PIT than anywhere else it flies: 78.7% on time here, 72.5% on its other departures, 6.2 points apart.
Frontier Airlines’ departures from PIT arrive on time 68.4% of the time, 3.4 points worse than the 71.8% the same airline manages at its other airports.
Taxi-out at PIT averages 15.5 minutes, 3.2 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.
PIT against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | PIT | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 AM departures | 89.4% | 82.8% | +6.6 pts | 8,316 here, 1,111,894 elsewhere |
| Hour: 9 PM departures | 66.0% | 71.2% | −5.2 pts | 1,272 here, 683,039 elsewhere |
| Month: July | 76.0% | 70.1% | +5.9 pts | 14,965 here, 1,971,518 elsewhere |
| Airline: JetBlue | 78.7% | 72.5% | +6.2 pts | 4,057 here, 722,257 elsewhere |
| Airline: Frontier Airlines | 68.4% | 71.8% | −3.4 pts | 1,072 here, 613,889 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 15.5 min | 18.7 min | −3.2 min | 130,820 here, 17,499,289 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with PIT’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from PIT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 90.3% of the time, against 66.0% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 24.3 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Wednesday 5–6 AM was the most reliable slot at PIT (95.1% on time, 643 flights) and Sunday 8–9 PM the least (62.2%, 555 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 8.5 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 1.7 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–69
- 70–79
- 80–89
- 90–99
- Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
- Most reliable slot
- Least reliable slot
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures after 10 PM (327 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 94.0% on time918 flights | 93.4% on time657 flights | 95.1% on time643 flights | 94.1% on time909 flights | 92.8% on time939 flights | 91.8% on time712 flights | 93.4% on time838 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 90.8% on time2,945 flights | 91.6% on time2,821 flights | 92.3% on time2,807 flights | 91.4% on time2,937 flights | 90.3% on time2,964 flights | 90.9% on time2,577 flights | 90.2% on time2,791 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 89.2% on time1,692 flights | 90.8% on time1,624 flights | 91.7% on time1,647 flights | 89.1% on time1,670 flights | 88.3% on time1,672 flights | 87.7% on time1,518 flights | 89.7% on time1,661 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 87.9% on time1,301 flights | 86.7% on time1,283 flights | 91.8% on time1,274 flights | 86.8% on time1,271 flights | 83.8% on time1,286 flights | 87.5% on time1,310 flights | 89.5% on time1,320 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 87.9% on time652 flights | 89.2% on time694 flights | 92.1% on time651 flights | 87.9% on time675 flights | 87.5% on time679 flights | 87.7% on time738 flights | 87.6% on time683 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 88.2% on time1,308 flights | 91.0% on time1,180 flights | 91.8% on time1,210 flights | 89.1% on time1,297 flights | 88.1% on time1,288 flights | 86.9% on time917 flights | 89.9% on time1,212 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 85.4% on time1,232 flights | 89.0% on time1,110 flights | 88.9% on time1,099 flights | 87.3% on time1,199 flights | 84.6% on time1,249 flights | 84.6% on time911 flights | 85.4% on time1,142 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 84.1% on time905 flights | 84.2% on time825 flights | 83.6% on time834 flights | 81.2% on time922 flights | 82.3% on time910 flights | 81.6% on time763 flights | 77.6% on time982 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 83.3% on time1,062 flights | 86.1% on time972 flights | 84.4% on time956 flights | 80.0% on time1,055 flights | 82.6% on time1,052 flights | 81.2% on time906 flights | 81.6% on time1,054 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 77.6% on time801 flights | 82.3% on time703 flights | 83.2% on time687 flights | 77.8% on time788 flights | 75.5% on time789 flights | 79.1% on time654 flights | 77.9% on time717 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 73.3% on time864 flights | 80.3% on time738 flights | 77.9% on time748 flights | 76.8% on time900 flights | 73.5% on time871 flights | 73.1% on time896 flights | 68.6% on time898 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 73.5% on time1,447 flights | 77.4% on time1,452 flights | 75.5% on time1,459 flights | 70.9% on time1,427 flights | 73.0% on time1,427 flights | 74.0% on time1,134 flights | 71.5% on time1,340 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 73.8% on time1,628 flights | 75.6% on time1,457 flights | 73.3% on time1,479 flights | 69.9% on time1,529 flights | 70.9% on time1,623 flights | 71.8% on time1,372 flights | 69.6% on time1,490 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 68.6% on time1,223 flights | 75.0% on time1,074 flights | 75.9% on time1,068 flights | 67.3% on time1,207 flights | 65.8% on time1,189 flights | 70.3% on time1,080 flights | 65.4% on time1,294 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 72.7% on time1,352 flights | 77.8% on time1,089 flights | 71.6% on time1,177 flights | 70.7% on time1,320 flights | 70.5% on time1,339 flights | 69.7% on time770 flights | 65.9% on time1,404 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 66.3% on time516 flights | 69.0% on time328 flights | 66.8% on time360 flights | 62.0% on time496 flights | 67.8% on time539 flights | 70.1% on time277 flights | 62.2% on time555 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 67.1% on time215 flights | 91 flights, too few to score | 85 flights, too few to score | 67.7% on time232 flights | 66.8% on time232 flights | 106 flights, too few to score | 60.4% on time337 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 93.5% on time from 5,616 flights
- 6 AM: 91.1% on time from 19,842 flights
- 7 AM: 89.5% on time from 11,484 flights
- 8 AM: 87.7% on time from 9,045 flights
- 9 AM: 88.5% on time from 4,772 flights
- 10 AM: 89.4% on time from 8,412 flights
- 11 AM: 86.5% on time from 7,942 flights
- 12 PM: 82.0% on time from 6,141 flights
- 1 PM: 82.7% on time from 7,057 flights
- 2 PM: 78.9% on time from 5,139 flights
- 3 PM: 74.6% on time from 5,915 flights
- 4 PM: 73.7% on time from 9,686 flights
- 5 PM: 72.1% on time from 10,578 flights
- 6 PM: 69.5% on time from 8,135 flights
- 7 PM: 71.2% on time from 8,451 flights
- 8 PM: 65.8% on time from 3,071 flights
- 9 PM: 66.0% on time from 1,298 flights
- 10 PM: 66.8% on time from 313 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What parking will cost
Estimated from PIT's own published rates.
Estimated cost
Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.
Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.
Source: Pittsburgh International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.
What to expect at PIT
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: no departures
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 5 departures a day
- 6 AM: about 18 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 10 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 8 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 7 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 7 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 9 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 9 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 1 departure a day
- 10 PM: fewer than one departure a day
- 11 PM: fewer than one departure a day
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 18 departures a day, against roughly 1 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 4.9 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 78.1% on time
- Feb: 83.7% on time
- Mar: 82.8% on time
- Apr: 84.5% on time
- May: 80.8% on time
- Jun: 77.8% on time
- Jul: 76.0% on time
- Aug: 81.6% on time
- Sep: 86.4% on time
- Oct: 87.5% on time
- Nov: 87.6% on time
- Dec: 80.0% on time
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 11.6 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at PIT
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways YX | 32,608 | 86.9% | 2.40% | -12 min |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 31,747 | 80.9% | 0.73% | -6 min |
| American Airlines AA | 18,764 | 79.1% | 1.42% | -7 min |
| United Airlines UA | 10,531 | 83.3% | 0.90% | -8 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 10,035 | 87.5% | 1.28% | -12 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 7,357 | 76.1% | 2.49% | -7 min |
| Allegiant Air G4 | 4,704 | 78.3% | 1.06% | -7 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 4,181 | 78.7% | 2.89% | -9 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 3,681 | 79.5% | 1.25% | -8 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 2,438 | 72.9% | 4.47% | -6 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 2,411 | 84.9% | 3.03% | -13 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 1,870 | 77.0% | 1.50% | -5 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 1,475 | 77.0% | 1.56% | -6 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 1,109 | 68.4% | 3.07% | -2 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from PIT
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Most reliable
Least reliable
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIT → ORD Chicago | 10,277 | 82.1% | 66 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 74.9% on time from 3,612 flights
- August 2023: 84.5% on time from 3,727 flights
- September 2023: 84.4% on time from 3,432 flights
- October 2023: 88.9% on time from 3,748 flights
- November 2023: 89.4% on time from 3,503 flights
- December 2023: 88.6% on time from 3,372 flights
- January 2024: 79.8% on time from 3,250 flights
- February 2024: 88.5% on time from 3,128 flights
- March 2024: 84.6% on time from 3,614 flights
- April 2024: 84.2% on time from 3,535 flights
- May 2024: 77.7% on time from 3,796 flights
- June 2024: 78.3% on time from 3,926 flights
- July 2024: 75.1% on time from 4,113 flights
- August 2024: 77.9% on time from 4,000 flights
- September 2024: 88.4% on time from 3,764 flights
- October 2024: 90.6% on time from 3,928 flights
- November 2024: 88.8% on time from 3,385 flights
- December 2024: 78.5% on time from 3,392 flights
- January 2025: 75.3% on time from 3,071 flights
- February 2025: 78.7% on time from 2,936 flights
- March 2025: 84.9% on time from 3,567 flights
- April 2025: 84.1% on time from 3,674 flights
- May 2025: 80.3% on time from 3,786 flights
- June 2025: 76.0% on time from 3,836 flights
- July 2025: 76.7% on time from 3,959 flights
- August 2025: 82.6% on time from 3,841 flights
- September 2025: 86.2% on time from 3,672 flights
- October 2025: 83.0% on time from 3,850 flights
- November 2025: 84.4% on time from 3,510 flights
- December 2025: 73.2% on time from 3,474 flights
- January 2026: 79.2% on time from 3,099 flights
- February 2026: 83.6% on time from 2,943 flights
- March 2026: 78.6% on time from 3,434 flights
- April 2026: 85.3% on time from 3,531 flights
- May 2026: 84.6% on time from 3,778 flights
- June 2026: 79.1% on time from 3,815 flights
- July 2026: 77.2% on time from 3,910 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from PIT arrived on time 81.4% of the time, against 81.8% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
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Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 132,911 departures from PIT. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
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