Flights Pittsburgh → Tampa
PIT → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Tampa operates with a Boeing 717 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, featuring an on-time performance rate of 77%. Over the past period, there have been 200 flights with an average delay of 11 minutes. The origin airport in Pittsburgh has been open since 1944, while the destination city of Tampa sees over 21 million passengers annually at its airport.
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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 286 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Tampa (TPA) heads south for about 1,408 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 11m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of PIT-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 286 tracked PIT-TPA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.0% 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-TPA
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 286 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Tampa is 0.00% across 286 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.
