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PIT to CLT flight delays

Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) Charlotte, NC (CLT) · 366 miles

180 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

81.92%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

1.67%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

85 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

16 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 85 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.

The two directions do not behave alike. CLT to PIT arrives on time 6.9 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.

Only American Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.

The Pittsburgh to Charlotte route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over March 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PIT to CLT.

Every airline on PIT to CLT

Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.

Airline Flights On time Cancelled Avg delay Grade
American Airlines 150 84.46% 1.33% 100 min B
PSA Airlines 30 68.97% 3.33% 49 min

Common questions

Are flights from Pittsburgh to Charlotte usually delayed?

81.92% of flights on the PIT to CLT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.

Which airlines fly from Pittsburgh to Charlotte?

Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 150 flights and 84.46% arriving on time.

How often are PIT to CLT flights cancelled?

1.67% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

When PIT to CLT flights are late, how late are they?

About 85 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PIT to CLT during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.

A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.

Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →