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Airport month · July 2024

Pittsburgh International in July 2024

72.6%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,113 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 72.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 65.9% of the time (4,113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierPIT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time72.6%—80.7%68.5%
Arrived on time71.9%—79.7%68.1%
Cancelled3.9%—2.0%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.6 min—14.4 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day137—11721,154
Scheduled departures4,113—42,857634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines91722%74.2%9.9 min0.2%
YX Republic Airline75818%82.5%1.3 min3.6%
AA American Airlines68117%65.9%28.6 min3.7%
DL Delta Air Lines39210%74.7%13.7 min6.6%
NK Spirit Airlines3468%60.7%24.9 min8.1%
UA United Airlines2907%75.2%8.6 min4.8%
G4 Allegiant Air1714%66.7%10.9 min5.8%
9E Endeavor Air1674%56.3%41.4 min9.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines1163%56.9%33.4 min4.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways1083%75.9%6.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines852%64.7%9.7 min7.1%
AS Alaska Airlines622%91.9%-4.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PIT–LGAPittsburgh to New York27665.6%24.2 min7.6%
PIT–ATLPittsburgh to Atlanta27173.4%17.4 min6.3%
PIT–ORDPittsburgh to Chicago26374.1%9.2 min4.2%
PIT–PHLPittsburgh to Philadelphia23461.5%23.6 min6.0%
PIT–EWRPittsburgh to Newark23175.8%5.0 min7.8%
PIT–BOSPittsburgh to Boston22176.5%10.6 min2.7%
PIT–MCOPittsburgh to Orlando19168.6%15.4 min2.6%
PIT–DENPittsburgh to Denver18680.1%4.1 min1.6%
PIT–DFWPittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth16173.9%20.4 min1.2%
PIT–JFKPittsburgh to New York15574.2%13.7 min4.5%
PIT–CLTPittsburgh to Charlotte15364.1%33.1 min4.6%
PIT–DTWPittsburgh to Detroit12277.0%8.8 min4.9%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier28.0%36.6%22,520
Late-arriving aircraft47.0%42.7%37,884
National Aviation System23.4%16.0%18,853
Extreme weather1.5%4.6%1,202
Security0.1%0.1%100
80,559 delay minutes on 983 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 July 2024?

72.6% of 4,113 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.