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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Pittsburgh

PHX–PIT · 1,814 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
813
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines80%373 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%374 flights

Not enough history to rank: Allegiant Air (66 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–PIT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–PIT flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–PIT flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(134 flights)
  • Tue82%(103 flights)
  • Wed85%(105 flights)
  • Thu77%(103 flights)
  • Fri77%(133 flights)
  • Sat88%(120 flights)
  • Sun64%(108 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(18 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(125 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(92 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(554 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(13 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 81% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%64
July 202578%67
August 202574%61
September 202588%59
October 202583%71
November 202571%70
December 202579%72
January 202681%69
February 202681%64
March 202665%72
April 202683%69
May 202675%68

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Based on 813 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.