Flights Pittsburgh → Baltimore
PIT → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Baltimore is served by Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 6.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 264 flights, connecting two historically significant airports: Pittsburgh International Airport, which opened in 1944, and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which opened three years later in 1947 and currently handles over 22.8 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 Pittsburgh (PIT) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 359 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Baltimore (BWI) heads south-east for about 338 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of PIT-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 359 tracked PIT-BWI flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 2.2% 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 PIT-BWI
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 359 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Baltimore is 2.23% across 359 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.
