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Airport month · December 2023
Pittsburgh International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,372 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 83.2% of the time (3,369 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 88.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.6% | — | 80.7% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 88.1% | — | 79.7% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.4 min | — | 14.4 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 112 | — | 117 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,372 | — | 42,857 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 913 | 27% | 83.7% | -0.3 min | 0.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 745 | 22% | 95.6% | -15.6 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 407 | 12% | 87.7% | -1.6 min | 0.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 328 | 10% | 79.0% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 233 | 7% | 94.8% | -11.4 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 207 | 6% | 97.1% | -16.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 145 | 4% | 87.6% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 93 | 3% | 78.5% | 17.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 72 | 2% | 86.1% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 67 | 2% | 91.0% | -12.0 min | 1.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 64 | 2% | 78.1% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 49 | 1% | 79.6% | 22.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 260 | 93.8% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 238 | 75.6% | 8.3 min | 0.4% |
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 217 | 94.9% | -12.1 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 214 | 91.1% | -10.9 min | 1.4% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 159 | 94.3% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 149 | 93.3% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 139 | 91.4% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 137 | 92.0% | -13.4 min | 0.7% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 124 | 87.1% | -6.7 min | 0.8% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 120 | 87.5% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 118 | 86.4% | -2.5 min | 1.7% |
| PIT–MDW | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 116 | 83.6% | 0.0 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in December 2023?
86.6% of 3,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.