The flight time from Chicago to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 3 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
59 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PIT Pittsburgh, PA 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
87%
American
76%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 59 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Pittsburgh is 413 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Pittsburgh to Chicago
1 hour, 35 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 24m
United
1h 27m
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

53

Distance

413 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
33
American
19

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Pittsburgh by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Pittsburgh by plane is 413 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to Pittsburgh?

The flight time from Chicago to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 59 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 24 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Pittsburgh?

American and United are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Pittsburgh.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Pittsburgh?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) 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 Chicago 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 59 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Pittsburgh 6 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 Chicago to Pittsburgh, American is 76% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 76% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 87% 12% 1%
American 76% 23% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago 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)
American 18 60 5 84
United 21 59 5 87

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
3pm 0.01
6pm 1.06
2pm 1.3
8pm 0.22
7am 0.95
1pm 0.59
8am 0.79
5pm 0.4
4pm 0.31
12pm 0
9am 0
10am 0.99
7pm 0.08
9pm 0.8
11pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago 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 226
February 214
March 239
April 234
May 246
June 234
July 235
August 244
September 225
October 239
November 201
December 228

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago 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 7.69
Tuesday 7.44
Wednesday 7.58
Thursday 7.73
Friday 7.81
Saturday 7.19
Sunday 7.73

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
United 1
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)
3pm 15 60 5 81
6pm 26 59 5 90
2pm 21 59 5 86
8pm 20 60 5 87
7am 20 59 5 85
1pm 15 59 5 81
8am 22 61 6 88
5pm 20 59 5 85
4pm 14 58 5 79
12pm 14 62 8 84
9am 33 57 6 96
10am 20 61 5 87
7pm 17 61 5 84
9pm 20 59 5 85
11pm 21 60 6 87
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.