OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

St. Louis to Pittsburgh

553 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on STL–PIT arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights

based on 401 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights401

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Late aircraft68%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 1 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 STL → PIT

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 74% to 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 231 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 356 flights
  • Evenings76% on time · p90 55 min · 217 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 35 min · 321 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 147 flights · limited
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 30 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 40 min · 219 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.