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Airport month · March 2026
Pittsburgh International in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,434 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 3,567 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −8.9 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 67.2% of the time (3,434 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 76.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
- Cancelled 2.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.5% | 84.4% | 80.7% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 76.2% | 83.6% | 79.7% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.3 min | 12.7 min | 14.4 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 115 | 119 | 117 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,434 | 3,567 | 42,857 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 950 | 28% | 73.9% | 7.6 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 862 | 25% | 79.4% | 1.7 min | 3.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 468 | 14% | 79.9% | 9.1 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 318 | 9% | 80.5% | 11.4 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 273 | 8% | 81.3% | -3.7 min | 5.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 131 | 4% | 75.6% | 14.2 min | 1.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 121 | 4% | 84.3% | 9.5 min | 1.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 98 | 3% | 62.2% | 10.3 min | 14.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 72 | 2% | 62.5% | 31.7 min | 2.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 59 | 2% | 42.4% | 49.8 min | 11.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 53 | 2% | 56.6% | 15.2 min | 1.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 26 | 1% | 50.0% | 26.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT–ORD | Pittsburgh to Chicago | 281 | 69.0% | 24.3 min | 3.2% |
| PIT–LGA | Pittsburgh to New York | 250 | 64.0% | 14.5 min | 8.8% |
| PIT–ATL | Pittsburgh to Atlanta | 235 | 83.8% | -5.5 min | 4.7% |
| PIT–MCO | Pittsburgh to Orlando | 215 | 74.4% | 2.6 min | 5.1% |
| PIT–CLT | Pittsburgh to Charlotte | 150 | 84.0% | 10.5 min | 1.3% |
| PIT–BOS | Pittsburgh to Boston | 143 | 79.0% | 4.2 min | 0.7% |
| PIT–JFK | Pittsburgh to New York | 128 | 86.7% | -2.2 min | 3.1% |
| PIT–DFW | Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth | 127 | 83.5% | 1.7 min | 0.8% |
| PIT–EWR | Pittsburgh to Newark | 123 | 89.4% | -11.2 min | 0.8% |
| PIT–FLL | Pittsburgh to Fort Lauderdale | 122 | 68.0% | 25.7 min | 5.7% |
| PIT–DEN | Pittsburgh to Denver | 121 | 78.5% | 2.3 min | 3.3% |
| PIT–DCA | Pittsburgh to Washington | 118 | 50.8% | 32.1 min | 4.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PIT on time in March 2026?
75.5% of 3,434 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 84.4% of 3,567 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 2.9% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.