Flights Chicago → Pittsburgh
MDW → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Pittsburgh has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.7 minutes. Pittsburgh International Airport, the destination for this route, handles over eight million passengers annually and was opened in 1944.
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 Chicago (MDW) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 349 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads east for about 646 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of MDW-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 349 tracked MDW-PIT flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 4.6% 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 MDW-PIT
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 349 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Pittsburgh is 4.58% across 349 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.
