Flights Pittsburgh → San Francisco
PIT → SFO
How long is the flight from Pittsburgh to San Francisco?
The flight from Pittsburgh (PIT) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 4h 57m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
This flight route connects Pittsburgh with San Francisco, featuring an average on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just 4 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 104 total flights on this route, operated by various aircraft including Airbus A320s, Airbus A319s, and Boeing 737-800s, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 50 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) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 303 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to San Francisco (SFO) heads west for about 3,618 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 57m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 62% of PIT-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 303 tracked PIT-SFO flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about PIT-SFO
The flight from Pittsburgh (PIT) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 4h 57m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 303 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-San Francisco is 0.33% across 303 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.
