The flight time from New York to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 6 minutes early.
21 minutes taxiing out
59 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PIT Pittsburgh, PA 16 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
87%
Delta
85%
Spirit
66%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 59 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Pittsburgh is 335 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Pittsburgh to New York
1 hour, 21 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 23m
American
1h 24m
Delta
1h 29m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

59

Distance

335 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
35
American
22
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Pittsburgh by plane?

The distance from New York to Pittsburgh by plane is 335 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Pittsburgh?

The flight time from New York to Pittsburgh is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 59 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 23 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 29 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Pittsburgh?

Delta, American, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Pittsburgh.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Pittsburgh?

Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) 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 New York 6 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 59 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Pittsburgh 16 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 New York to Pittsburgh, Spirit is 66% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 66% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 87% 12% 1%
Delta 85% 12% 3%
Spirit 66% 20% 14%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
Spirit 17 57 7 83
American 19 58 6 84
Delta 22 59 7 89

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
1pm 0.17
5pm 0.3
2pm 0.67
12pm 0.28
10am 0.57
7am 0.38
6pm 0.28
8am 0.4
4pm 0.54
7pm 1.26
9am 0.86
6am 0.38
8pm 0.27
9pm 0.42
3pm 0.23
10pm 0.37
11am 0.88

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 246
February 261
March 266
April 268
May 301
June 282
July 276
August 269
September 251
October 247
November 232
December 213

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 9.63
Tuesday 9.92
Wednesday 9.96
Thursday 9.62
Friday 9.56
Saturday 3.65
Sunday 7.5

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
Delta 1
American 0
Spirit 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)
1pm 20 60 6 86
5pm 22 58 8 90
2pm 21 59 7 91
12pm 22 60 5 88
10am 21 58 8 88
7am 22 60 7 88
6pm 21 61 6 88
8am 21 58 6 87
4pm 23 59 5 90
7pm 21 58 6 87
9am 20 58 6 85
6am 19 59 6 85
8pm 24 59 6 90
9pm 20 58 8 86
3pm 17 57 7 83
10pm 15 58 5 79
11am 20 59 6 86
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.