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Route Reliability

Pittsburgh → Phoenix

PITPHX · 1,814 miles · Pittsburgh International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
812
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines86%372 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines75%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.

PIT–PHX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

PIT–PHX flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Sundays. On Mondays: 76%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 75%.

Ticking up lately.

PIT–PHX flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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%(132 flights)
  • Tue79%(103 flights)
  • Wed79%(104 flights)
  • Thu79%(101 flights)
  • Fri84%(136 flights)
  • Sat76%(118 flights)
  • Sun88%(109 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(428 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(145 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(183 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(17 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 77% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%65
July 202586%66
August 202585%60
September 202581%59
October 202589%71
November 202580%70
December 202569%70
January 202672%67
February 202681%64
March 202684%74
April 202680%69
May 202678%68

Based on 812 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.