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Airport month · November 2023

Pittsburgh International in November 2023

89.4%departed on time

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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,503 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 89.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 86.6% of the time (3,503 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from PIT in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierPIT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time89.4%—80.7%86.0%
Arrived on time89.3%—79.7%86.2%
Cancelled0.2%—2.0%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.1 min—14.4 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day117—11718,793
Scheduled departures3,503—42,857563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines86925%87.8%-2.8 min0.3%
YX Republic Airline75622%95.9%-14.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines52115%89.4%2.6 min0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines3079%76.9%5.8 min0.7%
UA United Airlines2557%90.2%-5.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2166%93.5%-9.3 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1173%94.0%-13.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air1003%85.0%0.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines953%89.5%-3.3 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways923%82.6%-1.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air652%83.1%-1.5 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines572%87.7%-1.9 min1.8%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PIT–ATLPittsburgh to Atlanta26093.8%-7.8 min0.0%
PIT–LGAPittsburgh to New York23394.4%-13.6 min0.0%
PIT–EWRPittsburgh to Newark22195.0%-17.2 min0.0%
PIT–MCOPittsburgh to Orlando21080.0%3.8 min1.0%
PIT–ORDPittsburgh to Chicago20087.0%-1.9 min0.5%
PIT–CLTPittsburgh to Charlotte17188.3%-0.6 min0.0%
PIT–BOSPittsburgh to Boston16290.1%-5.2 min0.0%
PIT–DENPittsburgh to Denver14989.9%-6.9 min0.0%
PIT–JFKPittsburgh to New York14595.9%-13.3 min0.0%
PIT–DCAPittsburgh to Washington14290.1%-4.1 min0.7%
PIT–DFWPittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth12887.5%3.5 min0.0%
PIT–MDWPittsburgh to Chicago11587.8%-1.9 min0.9%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier39.5%42.5%8,451
Late-arriving aircraft43.7%37.3%9,353
National Aviation System15.7%16.2%3,357
Extreme weather0.6%3.7%129
Security0.5%0.3%99
21,389 delay minutes on 369 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left PIT on time in November 2023?

89.4% of 3,503 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.