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Airport month · September 2023
Pittsburgh International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,432 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 79.4% of the time (3,427 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 29%.
- On time 82.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 2.4%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.6% | — | 80.7% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 82.2% | — | 79.7% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | — | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | — | 14.4 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 114 | — | 117 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,432 | — | 42,857 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 928 | 27% | 83.1% | -3.5 min | 6.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 786 | 23% | 82.4% | 3.5 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 492 | 14% | 81.1% | 14.1 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 272 | 8% | 90.4% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 222 | 6% | 91.0% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 205 | 6% | 74.1% | 13.5 min | 2.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 141 | 4% | 88.7% | -3.3 min | 0.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 86 | 3% | 46.5% | 32.9 min | 4.7% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 73 | 2% | 72.6% | 42.5 min | 11.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 72 | 2% | 84.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 55 | 2% | 89.1% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 39 | 1% | 64.1% | 18.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 251 | 78.5% | 11.4 min | 8.4% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 250 | 80.0% | -4.9 min | 8.8% |
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 240 | 89.6% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 224 | 86.6% | 3.1 min | 0.4% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 162 | 73.5% | 9.3 min | 1.2% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 161 | 84.5% | 3.2 min | 1.2% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 160 | 56.3% | 21.9 min | 6.3% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 153 | 84.3% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 153 | 86.3% | -6.4 min | 1.3% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 149 | 81.2% | -3.6 min | 6.0% |
| PIT–PHL | Pittsburgh to Philadelphia | 141 | 72.3% | 27.7 min | 1.4% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 129 | 86.0% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in September 2023?
83.6% of 3,432 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.