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KEF→PIT

Reykjavík to Pittsburgh

Flights
188 both ways
Carriers
1
Distance
2,788 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Keflavík to Pittsburgh International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 188 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about two departures a week in each direction, flown by Icelandair. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 69.0% of all departures from Keflavík leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 77.8% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 80.7% of PIT's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.

On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Keflavík ranks 15th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.

Key figures

Flights

188

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

1

Icelandair

KEF departures on time

69.0%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

PIT domestic on time

80.7%

US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures

Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.0 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Keflavík so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from PIT ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 2.16% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies KEF to PIT

Icelandair is the only carrier the DOT report shows on KEF to PIT, with 188 flights and an average of 119 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.

Carriers on KEF to PIT by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Icelandair188100%16119

DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.

Across the year

How often KEF to PIT flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 36 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 0 in April 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.

Flights per month, both directions

  • July 202536
  • August 202536
  • September 202534
  • October 202530
  • November 20250
  • December 20250
  • January 20260
  • February 20260
  • March 20260
  • April 20260
  • May 202622
  • June 202630
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 188 between KEF and PIT from July 2025 to June 2026, about two departures a week in each direction, carrying 22,292 passengers. That makes it the 15th busiest of 16 US routes from Keflavík and the 2nd busiest of 2 European routes into PIT.

The departure airport

How Keflavík is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Keflavík as a whole, every airline and every destination: 69.0% of departures and 77.8% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 88.5% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 70.5% for departures, 2 points better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.0 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.0 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Keflavík
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)79.5%89.6%91.2%0.0 min
Last 7 days70.5%78.1%91.6%0.0 min
Year to date69.0%77.8%88.5%0.0 min

Every US route from Keflavík, and its full punctuality record

The arrival airport

Landing at Pittsburgh International

Pittsburgh International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 80.7% of its 42,768 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 2.16% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at PIT reaches a flight from KEF just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.

Domestic on time

80.7%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

77 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

2.16%

Domestic departures

42,768

Last twelve months

Pittsburgh International (PIT) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on KEF to PIT

Every flight that departs Keflavík falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Pittsburgh International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from PIT is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 2,788 miles, 4,486 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking KEF to PIT

There is no grade to give KEF to PIT without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about two departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 69% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 81% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at PIT; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

KEF to PIT questions

How often are KEF to PIT flights delayed?

No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (69.0% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and PIT's domestic record in the DOT data (80.7% on time).

Which airlines fly KEF to PIT?

Icelandair. Icelandair accounted for 100% of the 188 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed KEF to PIT flight?

Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Keflavík are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from PIT is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from KEF to PIT?

About two departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 188 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 36 in July 2025 and falling to 0 in April 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Iceland publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.

Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.