Chicago (ORD) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
- Distance
- 664 km
- 412 mi · 358 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 34 min / 1 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → PIT / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 83 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (49 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 637,366
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.7%
- Flights / week
- 152
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 873,813 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, YX, AA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ORD
- 102°
- Heading from PIT
- 287°
- Halfway point
- 41.30, -84.03
- Great-circle km
- 662 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → PIT
- 1 h 1 min
- In the air PIT → ORD
- 1 h 11 min
- Clocks
- Pittsburgh is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 59,100 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,465 |
| Oct 2025 | 62,898 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,844 |
| Dec 2025 | 45,718 |
| Jan 2026 | 37,795 |
| Feb 2026 | 42,388 |
| Mar 2026 | 48,478 |
| Apr 2026 | 52,056 |
| May 2026 | 59,244 |
| Jun 2026 | 59,093 |
| Jul 2026 | 63,287 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 670 |
| Sep 2025 | 692 |
| Oct 2025 | 744 |
| Nov 2025 | 633 |
| Dec 2025 | 610 |
| Jan 2026 | 524 |
| Feb 2026 | 520 |
| Mar 2026 | 577 |
| Apr 2026 | 683 |
| May 2026 | 796 |
| Jun 2026 | 715 |
| Jul 2026 | 755 |
Airlines flying ORD–PIT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 49 | 46% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 63 | 31% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 23 | 16% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 9.3 | 4% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 7.0 | 4% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 0.7 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3,939 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,201 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 787 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 742 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 326 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 271 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 214 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 122 flights
Also carried: 53 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 8,003
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 83% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.8% | 20 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 61.8% | 42 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 68.7% | 29 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 80.4% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 27% · weather 7% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $242
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $221
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 60% of passengers · $249
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 39% of passengers · $231
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $224 · Q3 2025 $206 · Q4 2025 $220 · Q1 2026 $242).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $247, likely $214–$282
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.4%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 662 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Chicago and Pittsburgh
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More routes from ORD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |