According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Peoria, IL (PIA) ranks #160 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Peoria, IL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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PIA on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Peoria, IL sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Peoria, IL handles more flight
volume than 58% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
20% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Peoria, IL vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 44,104 ·
On-time rate: 80.7%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes404,176 min
Late Aircraft166,018 min · 41%
Carrier127,010 min · 31%
NAS (National Aviation System)73,097 min · 18%
Weather37,862 min · 9%
Security189 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
PIA - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (92.8%) · worst: December (88.1%)
PIA - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
PIA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 16.8 min · taxi-in 6.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
PIA's average taxi-out (16.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.8 min (June 2024) to 21.9 min (January 2024).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Peoria, IL, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Peoria, IL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 41.1% of 404,176 delay minutes across 44,104 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.7% (1.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 8,526 delayed and 616 cancelled (1.40%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (41.1% late-aircraft, 31.4% carrier, 18.1% NAS, 9.4% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, PIA is strongest in October (92.8% on-time) and weakest in December (88.1%), a 4.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~675 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Peoria, IL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.7%Top 80%higher than 20% of 382 airports
Peoria, IL
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
PIA's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from PIA before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Peoria, IL's on-time rate?
Peoria, IL (PIA) has a 80.7% on-time rate across 44,104 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does PIA rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Peoria, IL ranks #160 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Peoria, IL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at PIA, accounting for 41.1% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 41.1% late-aircraft, 31.4% carrier, 18.1% NAS/air-traffic-control, 9.4% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Peoria, IL?
October is historically PIA's strongest month at 92.8% on-time, while December is the weakest at 88.1%, a 4.7-point swing across the BTS historical record.