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General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) delays & on-time performance

Peoria, Illinois · 12 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.3%
184 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
91 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 18 min

Figures cover 5,523 departures from PIA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PIA were on time 75% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 3.3% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (79% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (66%).
  • Departures scheduled around 7am did best (89% on time); around 5pm did worst (55%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (34%).

Most delayed routes from PIA

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 12 routes from PIA →

Most reliable routes from PIA

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at PIA

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Envoy Air79%4.3%15 min21,208
PSA Airlines78%3.8%22 min21,588
Allegiant Air77%0.4%25 min91,102
SkyWest Airlines66%4.1%33 min21,625

Best time to fly out of PIA

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am88%294 flts
  • 6am86%716 flts
  • 7am89%170 flts
  • 8am81%532 flts
  • 9am71%289 flts
  • 10am80%578 flts
  • 11am79%243 flts
  • 12pm81%255 flts
  • 1pm72%379 flts
  • 2pm71%114 flts
  • 3pm74%143 flts
  • 4pm65%370 flts
  • 5pm55%648 flts
  • 6pm69%336 flts
  • 7pm57%225 flts
  • 8pm65%147 flts
  • 9pm82%76 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 66.6% on time, 2.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.7% on time, 2.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.7% on time, 0.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 80.2% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.0% on time, 8.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.1% on time, 4.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.3% on time, 4.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.2% on time, 1.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 64.7% on time, 4.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 72.7% on time, 4.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.4% on time, 2.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.8% on time, 3.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.3% on time, 2.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.