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Airport month · May 2024
Pittsburgh International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,796 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.5% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 72.5% of the time (3,800 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 20%.
- On time 76.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.6% | — | 80.7% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 76.5% | — | 79.7% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | — | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.3 min | — | 14.4 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 127 | — | 117 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,796 | — | 42,857 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 855 | 23% | 69.9% | 16.0 min | 0.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 837 | 22% | 88.6% | -2.9 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 521 | 14% | 74.5% | 20.2 min | 1.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 330 | 9% | 85.2% | 3.2 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 293 | 8% | 70.0% | 10.6 min | 2.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 251 | 7% | 72.5% | 15.1 min | 1.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 160 | 4% | 80.0% | 3.0 min | 2.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 131 | 3% | 70.2% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 108 | 3% | 64.8% | 10.5 min | 3.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 94 | 2% | 76.6% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 69 | 2% | 58.0% | 21.8 min | 4.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 62 | 2% | 72.6% | 12.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 301 | 85.0% | 1.6 min | 2.3% |
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 272 | 81.6% | 5.5 min | 1.1% |
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 242 | 77.3% | 12.7 min | 2.1% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 220 | 74.1% | 14.0 min | 0.9% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 191 | 85.9% | -7.1 min | 2.6% |
| PIT–PHL | Pittsburgh to Philadelphia | 181 | 81.2% | 10.2 min | 1.7% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 177 | 79.7% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 164 | 76.2% | 9.4 min | 0.6% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 156 | 87.2% | -0.1 min | 1.9% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 154 | 73.4% | 20.8 min | 0.6% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 154 | 58.4% | 38.2 min | 5.2% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 124 | 77.4% | 2.2 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in May 2024?
78.6% of 3,796 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.