Flights Pittsburgh → Newark
PIT → EWR
Route overview
This flight route operates from Pittsburgh, where the airport opened in 1944, to Newark, with flights departing on a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft. With an 88% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 6.7 minutes, the route maintains high punctuality, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States by passenger volume, which sees approximately 43,402,059 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 695 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Newark (EWR) heads east for about 512 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of PIT-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 695 tracked PIT-EWR flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PIT-EWR
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 695 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Newark is 2.88% across 695 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
