OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Pittsburgh

526 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–PIT arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,551 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights2,489
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights62

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline49%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft28%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline69%
  • Weather31%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 58 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → PIT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 1,692 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,044 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,795 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,498 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 45 min · 1,503 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 87% on time.

  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,171 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,159 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,047 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 1,281 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,301 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,269 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 35 min · 1,304 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.