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Airport Reliability

PIT · Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh International Airport

83%
Departures within 15 minutes
11 min
Average departure delay
78%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.0%
Departures cancelled

Based on 46,856 departures and 46,854 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from PIT departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 58% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Wednesdays against 78% on Sundays.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from PIT arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

When PIT gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(1768 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(13502 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(7820 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(6613 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(9261 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(6580 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM58%(278 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(6867 flights)
  • Tue83%(6217 flights)
  • Wed83%(6245 flights)
  • Thu81%(6818 flights)
  • Fri82%(6937 flights)
  • Sat83%(5803 flights)
  • Sun78%(6935 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%4016
July 202577%4082
August 202583%4037
September 202587%3908
October 202584%4182
November 202584%3795
December 202573%3701
January 202680%3332
February 202684%3205
March 202678%3772
April 202686%3804
May 202685%3988

Airlines departing PIT

Busiest routes from PIT

Based on 46,856 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.