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Airport month · August 2023
Pittsburgh International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,727 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 76.5% of the time (3,728 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 83.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.5% | — | 80.7% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 83.2% | — | 79.7% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | — | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | — | 14.4 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 124 | — | 117 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,727 | — | 42,857 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 844 | 23% | 81.3% | 4.4 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 823 | 22% | 92.2% | -9.9 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 585 | 16% | 80.0% | 9.1 min | 1.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 299 | 8% | 87.0% | -3.9 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 257 | 7% | 80.2% | 5.5 min | 1.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 217 | 6% | 67.3% | 18.7 min | 0.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 165 | 4% | 81.2% | 9.0 min | 1.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 129 | 3% | 88.4% | 7.4 min | 2.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 122 | 3% | 81.1% | 11.1 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 88 | 2% | 71.6% | 11.0 min | 2.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 81 | 2% | 84.0% | -0.2 min | 1.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 2% | 88.7% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 270 | 88.1% | -6.4 min | 1.5% |
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 245 | 85.7% | -2.9 min | 2.0% |
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 242 | 76.9% | 7.3 min | 2.1% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 236 | 91.5% | -9.8 min | 1.3% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 176 | 85.2% | -1.1 min | 1.7% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 175 | 68.0% | 15.2 min | 1.1% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 173 | 76.3% | 5.9 min | 2.3% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 171 | 79.5% | 12.9 min | 1.8% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 163 | 77.9% | 7.6 min | 0.6% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 155 | 92.9% | -11.3 min | 0.6% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 152 | 80.3% | 13.7 min | 0.7% |
| PIT–MDW | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 145 | 88.3% | 2.9 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in August 2023?
82.5% of 3,727 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PIT · methodology · corrections.