Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) delays & on-time performance
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 47 nonstop destinations · 13 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PIT right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
843 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
76 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 42,857 departures from PIT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PIT were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (79%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 8pm did worst (65%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%).
Most delayed routes from PIT
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington68%1,431 flts
- SEA · Seattle74%470 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City75%363 flts
- PHX · Phoenix77%808 flts
- RSW · Fort Myers79%483 flts
- ORD · Chicago79%4,003 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia79%1,207 flts
- BOS · Boston79%2,155 flts
- TPA · Tampa79%818 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale80%1,105 flts
Most reliable routes from PIT
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta90%2,754 flts
- IAD · Washington89%1,225 flts
- JFK · New York87%1,764 flts
- EWR · Newark87%1,808 flts
- BWI · Baltimore86%1,075 flts
- RDU · Raleigh/Durham86%720 flts
- IAH · Houston85%774 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,958 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%719 flts
- BNA · Nashville83%1,099 flts
Best airline at PIT
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 2.0% | 9 min | 4 | 3,303 |
| Republic Airways | 84% | 3.1% | 12 min | 13 | 11,621 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.0% | 15 min | 7 | 4,117 |
| Southwest Airlines | 81% | 0.7% | 12 min | 20 | 10,370 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 1.6% | 21 min | 8 | 5,877 |
| JetBlue | 79% | 4.1% | 18 min | 3 | 1,728 |
| Allegiant Air | 79% | 0.9% | 21 min | 14 | 1,630 |
| Spirit Airlines | 79% | 4.1% | 17 min | 6 | 1,080 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 76% | 1.6% | 30 min | 5 | 1,164 |
| Alaska Airlines | 74% | 1.1% | 15 min | 1 | 470 |
| Frontier Airlines | 72% | 0.7% | 24 min | 3 | 271 |
| Envoy Air | 68% | 3.0% | 22 min | 5 | 438 |
| PSA Airlines | 68% | 5.8% | 29 min | 3 | 788 |
Best time to fly out of PIT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%1,644 flts
- 6am92%6,541 flts
- 7am89%3,815 flts
- 8am87%3,113 flts
- 9am87%1,715 flts
- 10am89%3,108 flts
- 11am86%2,143 flts
- 12pm80%1,957 flts
- 1pm81%2,112 flts
- 2pm74%1,463 flts
- 3pm74%2,127 flts
- 4pm74%2,793 flts
- 5pm71%3,495 flts
- 6pm67%2,547 flts
- 7pm72%2,846 flts
- 8pm65%1,136 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion30%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.