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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Pittsburgh

PHL–PIT · 268 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
2,099
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines77%1,977 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines70%122 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–PIT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHL–PIT flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–PIT flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(309 flights)
  • Tue82%(270 flights)
  • Wed83%(277 flights)
  • Thu75%(307 flights)
  • Fri74%(311 flights)
  • Sat76%(262 flights)
  • Sun74%(312 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(332 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(248 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(481 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(390 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(287 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(310 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 64% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%193
July 202563%187
August 202568%198
September 202582%178
October 202577%188
November 202584%157
December 202577%140
January 202681%167
February 202679%141
March 202676%175
April 202685%169
May 202692%155

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Based on 2,099 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.