Pittsburgh International in July 2026

72.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,910 domestic departures from Pittsburgh International (PIT). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so PIT departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 3,959 departures with 75.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at PIT that month were on time 64.9% of the time (3,910 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 73.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from PIT in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	PIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	72.8%	75.4%	80.7%	68.8%
Arrived on time	73.9%	74.0%	79.7%	69.4%
Cancelled	3.9%	3.3%	2.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.3 min	19.1 min	14.4 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	130	132	117	21,066
Scheduled departures	3,910	3,959	42,857	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	1,052	27%	72.6%	7.7 min	8.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	953	24%	74.8%	5.3 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	591	15%	74.5%	19.1 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	382	10%	79.8%	9.4 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	302	8%	78.8%	7.9 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	188	5%	72.3%	18.9 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	166	4%	62.0%	10.4 min	12.7%
OH PSA Airlines	105	3%	69.5%	21.0 min	6.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	85	2%	64.7%	40.5 min	4.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	61	2%	78.7%	3.7 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	25	1%	56.0%	11.2 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIT–ORD	Pittsburgh to Chicago	390	73.3%	17.5 min	3.8%
PIT–LGA	Pittsburgh to New York	278	68.3%	19.0 min	10.1%
PIT–ATL	Pittsburgh to Atlanta	227	81.5%	3.5 min	0.9%
PIT–BOS	Pittsburgh to Boston	219	63.9%	9.9 min	9.1%
PIT–MCO	Pittsburgh to Orlando	209	75.1%	6.1 min	0.5%
PIT–CLT	Pittsburgh to Charlotte	179	75.4%	14.4 min	2.2%
PIT–JFK	Pittsburgh to New York	155	72.3%	2.8 min	13.5%
PIT–DFW	Pittsburgh to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	87.5%	-7.6 min	0.0%
PIT–DEN	Pittsburgh to Denver	146	74.0%	10.7 min	0.7%
PIT–EWR	Pittsburgh to Newark	122	64.8%	6.2 min	16.4%
PIT–PHL	Pittsburgh to Philadelphia	120	74.2%	6.5 min	5.0%
PIT–DCA	Pittsburgh to Washington	115	66.1%	27.1 min	6.1%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	31.7%	24,037
Late-arriving aircraft	36.3%	41.8%	26,691
National Aviation System	27.8%	19.9%	20,405
Extreme weather	2.8%	6.5%	2,084
Security	0.4%	0.1%	306

73,523 delay minutes on 855 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PIT on time in July 2026?

72.8% of 3,910 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.4% of 3,959 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 72.8% and 3.9% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.