Flights Fort Lauderdale → Pittsburgh
FLL → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Pittsburgh has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 59%, with an average delay time of 28.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 345 flights on this route, servicing the busy Pittsburgh International Airport, which opened in 1944 and currently 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 438 flights monitored in recent months, 59% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.1/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads north for about 1,603 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 25m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 67% of FLL-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 438 tracked FLL-PIT flights, 59% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 3.2% 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 FLL-PIT
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 59% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 438 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Pittsburgh is 3.20% across 438 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.
