Flights New York → Pittsburgh
LGA → PIT
Route overview
This flight route connects New York to Pittsburgh, featuring an Embraer 175 and various Canadair Regional Jet models. With a high on-time performance rate of 82%, the average delay is only 9.8 minutes, making it relatively punctual despite operating 842 flights annually to a destination airport that has been in service since 1944 and currently handles over eight million passengers per year.
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 New York (LGA) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 1088 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.9/100 (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 New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads west for about 538 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of LGA-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,088 tracked LGA-PIT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 5.9% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGA-PIT
On the New York (LGA) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 1088 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Pittsburgh is 5.88% across 1088 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
