The flight time from Boston to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 4 minutes early.
18 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 21 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PIT Pittsburgh, PA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
88%
JetBlue
75%
American
0%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 21 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Pittsburgh is 496 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Pittsburgh to Boston
1 hour, 34 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
1h 45m
Delta
1h 50m
American
2h 7m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

39

Distance

496 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
22
Delta
17
American
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Pittsburgh by plane?

The distance from Boston to Pittsburgh by plane is 496 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Pittsburgh?

The flight time from Boston to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 21 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes, and American the slowest taking 2 hours, 7 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Pittsburgh?

American, JetBlue, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Pittsburgh.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Pittsburgh?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Pittsburgh (PIT). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 81 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Pittsburgh 8 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to Pittsburgh, American is 0% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 0% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 88% 10% 2%
JetBlue 75% 23% 2%
American 0% 100% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Pittsburgh, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
JetBlue 16 81 5 105
Delta 20 82 6 110
American 38 81 8 127

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
9am 0.44
8am 0.77
6am 0.15
6pm 0.33
9pm 0.03
5pm 0.49
10pm 0.09
8pm 1.17
7pm 0.14
2pm 0.68
4pm 0.24
11am 0.16
10am 0.29
12pm 0.1
7am 0.12
1pm 0.3
3pm 0.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Pittsburgh that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 193
February 177
March 191
April 182
May 188
June 161
July 161
August 173
September 159
October 190
November 162
December 124

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Pittsburgh that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 6.23
Tuesday 5.63
Wednesday 5.9
Thursday 6.17
Friday 6.23
Saturday 3.63
Sunday 5.83

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
JetBlue 0
Delta 0
American 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
9am 17 80 6 106
8am 20 82 5 110
6am 17 84 6 107
6pm 19 82 5 111
9pm 14 84 6 104
5pm 18 82 5 108
10pm 14 83 5 102
8pm 18 81 6 106
7pm 16 79 6 101
2pm 18 81 6 107
4pm 18 79 6 103
11am 15 86 5 108
10am 15 80 5 101
12pm 17 88 5 114
7am 17 85 6 111
1pm 15 83 5 105
3pm 22 80 7 108
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.