Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Pittsburgh
DFW → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Pittsburgh has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Pittsburgh, which opened in 1944, handles over eight million passengers annually.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 462 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.43%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.5/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads north-east for about 1,716 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 34m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of DFW-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 462 tracked DFW-PIT flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-PIT
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 462 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Pittsburgh is 0.43% across 462 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
