San Francisco to Pittsburgh flight

Flights from San Francisco to Pittsburgh start at €273.31 and take 8h 23m at their fastest.

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Pittsburgh skyline from the West End Bridge, with barges and railroad tracks

The Flights from San Francisco to Pittsburgh starts at €273.31 and takes 8h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 3,746 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 23mDoor to door
  • 5h 13mMoving
  • €360.63 to €819.65From
  • 06:06 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 554.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€360.63 to €819.65 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €714.63Fri18
  2. about €819.65Sat19
  3. about €573.03Sun20
  4. about €446.18Mon21
  5. about €488.07Tue22
  6. about €515.21Wed23
  7. about €499.87Thu24
  8. about €485.12Fri25
  9. about €480.40Sat26
  10. about €475.09Sun27
  11. about €360.63Mon28
  12. about €435.56Tue29
  13. about €420.81Wed30
  14. about €373.02Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€273.31
  1. United Airlines UA186507:305h 28m15:58San Francisco SFOColumbus CMH
  2. Rochester Institute of Technology RI993617:254h 27m21:52COTA Transit TerminalDawn

Changes at Columbus, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 13h 19mCO2 525.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€357.68
  1. United Airlines UA737106:065h 13m14:19San Francisco SFOPittsburgh PIT

Door to door 8h 23mCO2 554.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
United Airlines€282.168h 19m740 km/hFixed fareNot published

The flight gets you into Pittsburgh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Pittsburgh for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book San Francisco to Pittsburgh

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €297.5090 days
  2. €237.9160 days
  3. €339.9845 days
  4. €314.0230 days
  5. €394.8521 days
  6. €373.0214 days
  7. €499.877 days
  8. €573.033 days
  9. €714.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €237.91.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 200 percent. The dearest point is €714.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €475.09Sun
  2. €360.63Mon
  3. €435.56Tue
  4. €420.81Wed
  5. €394.85Thu
  6. €485.12Fri
  7. €480.40Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

San Francisco

Air
  • SFO

Pittsburgh

Air
  • PIT
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,746 km against 3,637 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Denver, Columbus, Chicago, Cleveland. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves San Francisco at 06:06 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about San Francisco to Pittsburgh

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh take?

The Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh takes 8h 23m door to door, of which 5h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 3,746 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh cost?

The Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh starts at €273.31 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €355.32. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?

1 operators run the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh: United Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh use?

The Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh leaves from San Francisco SFO and arrives at Pittsburgh PIT. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?

Fares for the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €237.91. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh produce?

The Flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh produces about 554.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3746 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for San Francisco to Pittsburgh on 17 September 2026: 3746 km of route against 3637 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €273.31, and 8h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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