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Airport month · October 2023
Pittsburgh International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,748 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 86.4% of the time (3,751 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 88.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.7% | — | 80.7% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 88.7% | — | 79.7% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.2 min | — | 14.4 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 125 | — | 117 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,748 | — | 42,857 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 883 | 24% | 95.2% | -12.6 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 870 | 23% | 86.6% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 551 | 15% | 86.8% | 3.4 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 271 | 7% | 88.9% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 266 | 7% | 78.6% | 1.5 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 226 | 6% | 92.5% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 162 | 4% | 87.7% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 127 | 3% | 96.1% | -14.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 110 | 3% | 80.9% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 100 | 3% | 90.0% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 77 | 2% | 85.7% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 52 | 1% | 86.5% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 248 | 93.1% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 248 | 94.0% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 240 | 86.7% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 232 | 93.1% | -13.3 min | 0.4% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 189 | 86.8% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 186 | 83.9% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 173 | 90.8% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 173 | 91.9% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 155 | 93.5% | -13.5 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 138 | 81.2% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–MDW | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 132 | 86.4% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–PHL | Pittsburgh to Philadelphia | 123 | 87.0% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in October 2023?
88.7% of 3,748 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.