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Airport month · August 2024
Pittsburgh International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,000 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,727 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 70.2% of the time (3,997 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 75.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
- Cancelled 3.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.6% | 82.5% | 80.7% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 75.2% | 83.2% | 79.7% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.0 min | 13.1 min | 14.4 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 133 | 124 | 117 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,000 | 3,727 | 42,857 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 880 | 22% | 79.1% | 6.6 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 765 | 19% | 82.2% | 1.7 min | 4.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 651 | 16% | 67.4% | 22.6 min | 3.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 384 | 10% | 90.1% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 348 | 9% | 56.0% | 29.3 min | 7.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 301 | 8% | 80.4% | 6.1 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 166 | 4% | 64.5% | 32.4 min | 9.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 126 | 3% | 71.4% | 19.9 min | 4.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 111 | 3% | 69.4% | 16.2 min | 5.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 83 | 2% | 53.0% | 41.3 min | 4.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 60 | 2% | 83.3% | -1.3 min | 5.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 55 | 1% | 74.5% | 7.2 min | 5.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 292 | 71.9% | 15.1 min | 1.7% |
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 273 | 69.6% | 34.0 min | 6.2% |
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 254 | 89.0% | -0.5 min | 0.4% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 230 | 69.1% | 14.2 min | 5.7% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 222 | 72.1% | 4.6 min | 9.5% |
| PIT–PHL | Pittsburgh to Philadelphia | 218 | 61.5% | 26.1 min | 5.5% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 178 | 80.9% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 173 | 75.1% | 12.0 min | 1.7% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 167 | 74.9% | 13.3 min | 1.8% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 155 | 78.1% | 7.4 min | 5.2% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 127 | 74.8% | 8.3 min | 3.9% |
| PIT–DTW | Pittsburgh to Detroit | 124 | 83.1% | 10.0 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in August 2024?
76.6% of 4,000 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 82.5% of 3,727 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 76.6% and 3.3% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.