Flights Detroit → Pittsburgh
DTW → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Pittsburgh operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Airbus A320 aircraft. With 362 total flights annually, the route maintains a 79% on-time performance rate, averaging a delay of 16.4 minutes per flight. Pittsburgh International Airport, which opened in 1944, serves as the destination for this busy route and handles over eight million passengers yearly.
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 Detroit (DTW) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 454 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.3/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads south-east for about 323 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of DTW-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 454 tracked DTW-PIT flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-PIT
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 454 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Pittsburgh is 0.88% across 454 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
