PIT to JFK flight delays
Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) New York, NY (JFK) · 340 miles
150 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.23%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.67%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
74 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. JFK to PIT arrives on time 17.4 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.
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 74 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.
Only Republic Airways 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.
Flights from Pittsburgh to New York keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on PIT to JFK.
Every airline on PIT to JFK
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 120 | 84.03% | 0.83% | 66 min | B |
| JetBlue Airways | 30 | 90% | 0% | 124 min | — |
The return leg
JFK to PIT New York back to Pittsburgh 67.81% on time DOther routes from Pittsburgh
Common questions
Are flights from Pittsburgh to New York usually delayed?
85.23% of flights on the PIT to JFK route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Pittsburgh to New York?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 120 flights and 84.03% arriving on time.
How often are PIT to JFK flights cancelled?
0.67% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When PIT to JFK flights are late, how late are they?
About 74 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 JFK 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 →