Flights Houston → Pittsburgh
HOU → PIT
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Pittsburgh operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 4.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1944, serves over 8 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports for this route.
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 Houston (HOU) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 100 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.4/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads north-east for about 1,820 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 42m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of HOU-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 100 tracked HOU-PIT flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.0% 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 HOU-PIT
On the Houston (HOU) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 100 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Pittsburgh is 0.00% across 100 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.
