Flights Pittsburgh → Miami
PIT → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Miami operates with an aircraft type of Embraer RJ145 and has a high on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of just 3.9 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 240 flights, connecting passengers from Pittsburgh International Airport, which opened in 1944, to one of the busiest airports in the world, Miami International Airport, serving nearly 50.7 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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 324 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Miami (MIA) heads south for about 1,634 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 28m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of PIT-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 324 tracked PIT-MIA flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PIT-MIA
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 324 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Miami is 1.23% across 324 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
