The best way to get to Pittsburgh from the UK is via British Airways’ daily direct service (from March 2025) from London Heathrow (LHR) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) . The year-round service has a flight time of around 8 hours.
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) also enjoys a wealth of direct domestic flight connections, opening up a variety of indirect routes to and from the UK, making booking twin centre trips, open jaws and multi-centres a breeze. Some of the best options to consider are Philadelphia, New York and Washington D.C..
Top tip: For up-to-date information on the airlines and routes servicing PIT visit FlyPittsburgh.com.
Pittsburgh is also within easy reach of other major centres in the north-eastern U.S., such as New York and Philadelphia, by road and rail (see the table below). In fact, the city is within a six-hour car ride of 10 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C., not forgetting Canada.
Useful rail services worth keeping in mind include Amtrak’s daily Pennsylvanian service to New York via Philadelphia, which takes a scenic nine hours and 20 minutes.
Don’t forget: Pittsburgh is on Eastern Standard Time (EST), five hours behind London.
