How to Fly Nonstop to See the Steelers, Penguins

Your 2024 road trip guide to cheering the Black and Gold this season

By Evan Dougherty

Published September 9, 2024

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Pittsburgh sports fans are known for their unrivaled loyalty to their teams. Maybe that’s the reason they always travel well.

With football back and hockey just around the corner, Pittsburghers have many choices on nonstop flights to cheer their teams to victory. The Pittsburgh Steelers opened the NFL season Sunday in Atlanta on a high note, defeating the Falcons 18-10. As always during away games, the black and gold turnout was strong with many Terrible Towels visible inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

For the Falcons game, Steelers fans had some extra flights available to get down to Atlanta. Southwest Airlines operated additional scheduled flights on its Pittsburgh-Atlanta route, along with Delta Air Lines’ eight daily flights to its Atlanta hub.

The Steelers will stay on the road this upcoming weekend when they head west to face the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium.

Fortunately, Denver is one of PIT’s most popular markets with a wide selection of nonstop flights to get fans to the game. Southwest and United Airlines each offer three daily nonstop flights on the Pittsburgh-Denver route. For fans seeking low-cost options, Frontier Airlines also offers nonstop flights to Denver from PIT.

Perhaps the marquee road game on the Steelers’ schedule this season? For the second year in a row, the Steelers will head to Las Vegas to face the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium Oct. 13. This road game has been so popular for Steelers fans that airlines, such as Allegiant, have previously added more nonstop flights between Pittsburgh and Las Vegas to accommodate the extra demand.

For this year’s game, Southwest is offering an expanded schedule on its existing Pittsburgh-Las Vegas route with a peak schedule of three daily nonstop flights on select days before and after the game. Fans also have access to ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines’ daily nonstop service between PIT and Las Vegas.

If you are a fan that prefers a shorter hop to a Steelers road game – or looking for an easy alternative to driving – the team plays at the Washington Commanders Nov. 10, the Philadelphia Eagles Dec. 15 and the Baltimore Ravens Dec. 21.

For the Commanders and Ravens games, airlines offer numerous quick nonstop flights to the Baltimore/Washington area’s three major airports. Southwest operates daily flights to Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI); American Airlines offers daily flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA); and United offers three daily flights to Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD).

For fans that want to brave the trip to the City of Brotherly Love, American and Frontier each offer daily nonstop flights between PIT and Philadelphia International Airport.

Take flight for the Pens

A new NHL city appears on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ schedule this season – and it coincides nicely with the latest nonstop route being added at PIT this winter.

The 2024-25 season is Salt Lake City’s first as part of the NHL. The Penguins will travel there to face the Utah Hockey Club Jan. 29 at the Delta Center in downtown Salt Lake City.

Pens fans eager to check off the newest NHL city are in luck as Delta Air Lines is re-launching daily nonstop service between Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City Nov. 23.

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