PIT’s September Traffic Hits 20-Year High

Airlines to resume key routes from Pittsburgh this winter

By Evan Dougherty

Published October 21, 2024

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Travel demand from the Pittsburgh region remained strong in September even as the airline industry exits summer and prepares for the winter travel season.

More than 831,000 passengers passed through Pittsburgh International Airport last month, up 8.5 percent from the same period last year. Traffic during the month exceeded pre-pandemic totals from September 2019 by over 40,000 passengers.

September was also the busiest at PIT since 2004, the airport’s waning days as a US Airways hub. PIT now serves as an origin-and-destination facility, with a diversified mix of airlines serving the Pittsburgh market.

Airlines operated nearly 1.1 million scheduled seats at PIT in September, the most for the month since 2006. Total scheduled seats were up 12.7 percent year-over-year and exceeded 2019 levels by over 105,000 seats.