BOS to PIT: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Boston to Pittsburgh?

The great-circle distance between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is 796 km (495 mi, 430 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from BOS to PIT?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 30m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. PIT is roughly west of BOS.

How is the BOS to PIT route written in code?

The pair is written BOS-PIT in IATA codes and KBOS-KPIT in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Boston Logan International Airport is BOS (KBOS), Pittsburgh International Airport is PIT (KPIT).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

PIT sits 1,183 ft (361 m) higher than BOS, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BOS to PIT

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 2 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AA, US.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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