On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2024

Pittsburgh International in January 2024

82.5%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,250 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 8.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 74.4% of the time (3,250 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 29%.

Every scheduled departure from PIT in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierPIT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time82.5%—80.7%74.0%
Arrived on time77.8%—79.7%72.9%
Cancelled2.3%—2.0%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.1 min—14.4 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day108—11718,242
Scheduled departures3,250—42,857547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline80825%86.4%-8.2 min2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines80725%74.0%3.9 min2.5%
AA American Airlines41613%71.2%25.5 min1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines2949%73.1%4.4 min0.7%
UA United Airlines1896%80.4%12.8 min1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines1816%84.5%0.1 min0.6%
9E Endeavor Air1585%79.1%13.8 min3.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways923%75.0%2.3 min4.3%
MQ Envoy Air923%72.8%7.5 min2.2%
G4 Allegiant Air833%74.7%5.9 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines451%88.9%-2.0 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines421%59.5%8.5 min16.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PIT–LGAPittsburgh to New York24682.1%7.2 min3.7%
PIT–MCOPittsburgh to Orlando22167.0%13.0 min1.4%
PIT–ORDPittsburgh to Chicago21578.6%3.3 min4.7%
PIT–ATLPittsburgh to Atlanta19983.4%0.5 min0.0%
PIT–EWRPittsburgh to Newark18189.5%-16.9 min1.7%
PIT–CLTPittsburgh to Charlotte14674.7%10.2 min0.7%
PIT–BOSPittsburgh to Boston14374.1%4.8 min4.2%
PIT–JFKPittsburgh to New York14389.5%-10.5 min2.1%
PIT–DCAPittsburgh to Washington13575.6%2.8 min5.9%
PIT–DENPittsburgh to Denver12484.7%-7.4 min0.8%
PIT–DFWPittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth12164.5%22.8 min1.7%
PIT–BWIPittsburgh to Baltimore9581.1%-3.6 min4.2%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.1%32.6%14,180
Late-arriving aircraft38.7%39.0%18,235
National Aviation System28.8%17.9%13,556
Extreme weather2.4%10.3%1,118
Security0.0%0.2%0
47,089 delay minutes on 642 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 January 2024?

82.5% of 3,250 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.