Flights Raleigh-durham → Pittsburgh
RDU → PIT
Route overview
This flight route operates between Raleigh-Durham and Pittsburgh, utilizing Embraer RJ145 aircraft. With a total of 177 flights recorded, the route maintains an 81% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 6.9 minutes when delays occur. The destination airport in Pittsburgh, which opened in 1944, serves over 8.1 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Pittsburgh (PIT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 236 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pittsburgh: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Pittsburgh (PIT) heads north for about 528 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 5m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of RDU-PIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pittsburgh it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 236 tracked RDU-PIT flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.4% 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 RDU-PIT
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Pittsburgh (PIT) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 236 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Pittsburgh is 0.42% across 236 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.
