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Route Reliability

Pittsburgh → St. Louis

PITSTL · 554 miles · Pittsburgh International Airport to St. Louis Lambert International Airport

92
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
455
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 455 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PIT–STL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 99% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PIT–STL flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 77% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 455 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

PIT–STL flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(64 flights)
  • Tue95%(64 flights)
  • Wed84%(64 flights)
  • Thu83%(65 flights)
  • Fri82%(65 flights)
  • Sat94%(47 flights)
  • Sun77%(85 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM99%(143 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(107 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(64 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(109 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 88% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%34
July 202586%35
August 202583%35
September 202591%34
October 202583%35
November 202594%31
December 202581%31
January 202689%26
February 202693%27
March 202676%54
April 202684%56
May 202680%56

Based on 455 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.