On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

Pittsburgh International in February 2024

87.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,128 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 85.0% of the time (3,129 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 30%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierPIT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time87.9%—80.7%84.0%
Arrived on time87.8%—79.7%83.4%
Cancelled0.7%—2.0%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.1 min—14.4 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day104—11717,307
Scheduled departures3,128—42,857519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline74724%92.5%-13.4 min1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines73323%89.5%-8.7 min0.0%
AA American Airlines40813%86.0%1.7 min0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines2789%75.5%4.9 min0.4%
UA United Airlines1836%80.9%2.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1826%89.6%-8.9 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1655%92.1%-14.5 min1.2%
MQ Envoy Air1013%85.1%-9.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways873%75.9%-0.6 min2.3%
G4 Allegiant Air772%92.2%-15.8 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines682%89.7%-4.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines632%95.2%-16.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PIT–LGAPittsburgh to New York26087.7%-9.8 min3.1%
PIT–ORDPittsburgh to Chicago21496.3%-16.1 min0.5%
PIT–MCOPittsburgh to Orlando20883.2%-0.2 min0.5%
PIT–EWRPittsburgh to Newark19589.7%-13.8 min2.1%
PIT–ATLPittsburgh to Atlanta18588.6%-8.0 min0.0%
PIT–JFKPittsburgh to New York14791.8%-15.4 min2.0%
PIT–CLTPittsburgh to Charlotte14387.4%-3.9 min0.0%
PIT–DCAPittsburgh to Washington14089.3%-7.1 min0.0%
PIT–BOSPittsburgh to Boston13981.3%-2.2 min2.2%
PIT–DFWPittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth11482.5%-1.1 min0.0%
PIT–DENPittsburgh to Denver10885.2%-4.2 min0.0%
PIT–FLLPittsburgh to Fort Lauderdale9271.7%3.6 min1.1%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.2%35.9%7,040
Late-arriving aircraft34.7%36.9%8,103
National Aviation System29.6%21.7%6,906
Extreme weather5.6%5.3%1,296
Security0.0%0.3%0
23,345 delay minutes on 358 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 February 2024?

87.9% of 3,128 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.