San Francisco to Pittsburgh runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €282.16 and €302.22, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 19m over 3,746 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€282.16 to €302.22
- 119%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San Francisco
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:10First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €553.56Tue15
- about €665.66Wed16
- about €598.99Thu17
- about €580.70Fri18
- about €666.25Sat19
- about €573.03Sun20
- about €358.86Mon21
- about €392.49Tue22
- about €414.32Wed23
- about €499.87Thu24
- about €485.12Fri25
- about €480.40Sat26
- about €475.09Sun27
- about €302.22Mon28
- about €364.76Tue29
- about €352.37Wed30
- about €373.02Thu1
- about €335.85Fri2
- about €378.33Sat3
- about €337.62Sun4
- about €282.16Mon5
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.
The flight gets you into Pittsburgh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Pittsburgh for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Pittsburgh on Booking.comOr compare on Expedia
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
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.
- €364.1790 days
- €273.3160 days
- €328.1845 days
- €299.2730 days
- €282.1621 days
- €302.2214 days
- €358.867 days
- €598.993 days
- €553.561 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €273.31.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 119 percent. The most expensive point is €598.99, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Francisco to Pittsburgh and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
3 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,746 km
3,637 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
827,526 → 304,391
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
Most of the points near Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
Check Pittsburgh on StasherOr try Bounce
Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.
Questions about San Francisco to Pittsburgh
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
The fastest journey from San Francisco to Pittsburgh takes 8h 19m door to door, of which 5h 9m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 42m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
The cheapest fare from San Francisco to Pittsburgh is €282.16, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €508.13. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
The cheapest way from San Francisco to Pittsburgh is by flight, at €302.22 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 8h 19m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
Fares from San Francisco to Pittsburgh bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €273.31. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 119 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, at €302.22. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, at €264.46 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
1 operators sell services from San Francisco to Pittsburgh across 1 mode: United Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
20 percent of the services we sell from San Francisco to Pittsburgh are direct. The rest connect at Denver, Columbus, Chicago, Cleveland, with about 73 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from San Francisco to Pittsburgh use?
Services from San Francisco to Pittsburgh by flight leave from San Francisco SFO and arrive at Pittsburgh PIT. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from San Francisco to Pittsburgh?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from San Francisco to Pittsburgh allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for San Francisco to Pittsburgh on September 14, 2026: 3746 km of route against 3637 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €282.16, and 8h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Pittsburgh is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Pittsburgh and across United States
Day trips that leave Pittsburgh in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
See Pittsburgh on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.
The two ends, compared
San Francisco reaches 127 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 13,585 km. Pittsburgh reaches 96 places in 8 countries, from 136 to 11,155 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Francisco
- 127Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 54Operators
Arriving in Pittsburgh
Leaving Pittsburgh
- 96Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 27Operators