According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) ranks #44 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Pittsburgh, PA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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PIT on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Pittsburgh, PA sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Pittsburgh, PA handles more flight
volume than 89% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
49% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Pittsburgh, PA vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 462,554 ·
On-time rate: 83.3%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes2,545,651 min
Late Aircraft926,321 min · 36%
Carrier769,798 min · 30%
NAS (National Aviation System)714,637 min · 28%
Weather130,714 min · 5%
Security4,181 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
PIT - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (94.5%) · worst: July (90%)
PIT - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
PIT - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 15.9 min · taxi-in 6.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
PIT's average taxi-out (15.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.1 min (October 2024) to 23.7 min (January 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Pittsburgh, PA, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Pittsburgh, PA is traffic scale: 462,554 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #44 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 83.3% on-time rate (4.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 77,031 delayed departures, and 5,444 cancellations (1.18% of the book).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (36.4% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 28.1% NAS, 5.1% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, PIT is strongest in November (94.5% on-time) and weakest in July (90%), a 4.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~6,907 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LGA (New York) at 84.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Pittsburgh, PA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
83.3%Top 51%higher than 49% of 382 airports
Pittsburgh, PA
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
PIT's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.
Check the busiest route from PIT before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.9 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pittsburgh, PA's on-time rate?
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) has a 83.3% on-time rate across 462,554 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 4.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does PIT rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Pittsburgh, PA ranks #44 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Pittsburgh, PA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at PIT, accounting for 36.4% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 36.4% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 28.1% NAS/air-traffic-control, 5.1% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Pittsburgh, PA?
November is historically PIT's strongest month at 94.5% on-time, while July is the weakest at 90%, a 4.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.