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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Pittsburgh

LAX–PIT · 2,136 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines78% on time · 301 flights
  • United Airlines97% on time · 64 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

LAX–PIT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 79% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

LAX–PIT flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 365 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

LAX–PIT flights arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(52 flights)
  • Tue81%(41 flights)
  • Wed92%(51 flights)
  • Thu88%(59 flights)
  • Fri83%(53 flights)
  • Sat61%(44 flights)
  • Sun78%(64 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(59 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(303 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 80% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202561%31
August 202588%25
September 202588%25
October 202577%30
November 202568%31
December 202572%29
January 202677%22
February 202671%14
March 202688%16
April 202694%54
May 202693%57

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Based on 365 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.