What is the TSA wait at PIT right now?
Observed security history for Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
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Typical history
Pittsburgh International Airport TSA wait times
PIT · KPIT · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Security wait
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Observed security history for Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical wait by hour
On Sundays, the quietest observed standard-lane hours are 2am (sample-weighted median 0 minutes) and 9pm (sample-weighted median 0 minutes). The busiest observed hours are 11am (sample-weighted 75th percentile 9 minutes) and 5am (sample-weighted 75th percentile 7 minutes). Hours with no readings are left out, not treated as zero.
Standard lane only. Average and 75th percentile are sample-weighted from observed history. A gap means that hour had no readings.
PreCheck
Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
CLEAR
CLEAR is not shown. We are not using a CLEAR source.
Departure delays
Historical on-time performance. Not a live delay.
82%
On-time departures, September 2025 through August 2026. A departure is on time when it left less than 15 minutes late.
Flights out of Pittsburgh International Airport left on time 82% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 77 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
The highest on-time month was September 2025 (87%). The lowest was August 2026 (75%).
| Cause | Delay minutes | Share of delay minutes |
|---|---|---|
| late-arriving aircraft | 224,137 | 36% |
| the national airspace system | 181,646 | 29% |
| the airline | 179,881 | 29% |
| weather | 32,086 | 5% |
| security | 788 | 0% |
When to be at the airport
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Nearby airports
- Arnold Palmer Regional Airport LBE · Latrobe46 mi
- Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW · Morgantown61 mi
- Akron Canton Regional Airport CAK · Akron70 mi
- John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport JST · Johnstown75 mi
- North Central West Virginia Airport CKB · Bridgeport83 mi
Distances are straight-line miles.
Airport details
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 10R/28L, 11,500 ft
- Longest runway width
- 200 ft
- Longest runway surface
- CONC
- Longest runway lighting
- HIGH
- Elevation
- 1,202.9 ft
- CY2024 enplanements
- 4,862,376
- Facility use
- Public
- Ownership
- Public
- Part 139 certificate code
- I D
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Airframe repair
- MINOR
- Powerplant repair
- MINOR
- Last inspection
- 2025/06/23
- PreCheck
- Historical dataset includes a PreCheck lane.
FAA facility record date 2026/10/01. Runways: BTS NTAD Runways. Facility facts: BTS NTAD Aviation Facilities. Enplanements: FAA CY2024 commercial service.
Questions
Does TSACheck have a live security wait for PIT?
A live figure is shown only when the stored airport feed is fresh. Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) also has observed history. A stored value that is too old is not shown as live.
How often do flights leave PIT on time?
Flights out of Pittsburgh International Airport left on time 82% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 77 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
How early should I get to PIT?
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Which airports are near PIT?
The nearest airports in this list are Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE), 46 straight-line miles; Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (MGW), 61 straight-line miles; Akron Canton Regional Airport (CAK), 70 straight-line miles; John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (JST), 75 straight-line miles; North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB), 83 straight-line miles.