Flights Baltimore → Pittsburgh
BWI → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Pittsburgh has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 263 flights, connecting two historically significant airports that opened in 1947 and 1944 respectively, serving millions of passengers annually at the destination airport alone.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 358 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads north-west for about 338 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of BWI-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 358 tracked BWI-PIT flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-PIT
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 358 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Pittsburgh is 2.51% across 358 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
