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Airport · PIA · Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, IL

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.7%
On-time
Top 80%
on-time, US airports
86 min
Delay when late
1.40%
Cancelled
#160 of 382
Corpus placement
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PIA on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 404,176.

Late Aircraft 41.1% (166,018 min)
Carrier 31.4% (127,010 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.1% (73,097 min)
Weather 9.4% (37,862 min)
Security 0.0% (189 min)

PIA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (92.8%) · worst: December (88.1%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.1%

PIA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

86%88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95.1% 88.5% ▼ -6.9%

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).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 21.9 min 21.5 min ▼ -1.8%

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).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Peoria, IL.

Cancellation Rate

1.40%

616 of 44,104 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

53 of 44,104 flights

Delay Rate

19.3%

8,526 of 44,104 flights

Top Routes from PIA

Busiest routes to and from Peoria, IL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → PIA (Peoria) 6,697 79.7% 130 mi
PIA (Peoria) → ORD (Chicago) 6,693 81.2% 130 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → PIA (Peoria) 4,328 77.4% 672 mi
PIA (Peoria) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 4,324 78.2% 672 mi
PIA (Peoria) → CLT (Charlotte) 4,198 82.2% 607 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → PIA (Peoria) 4,197 80.4% 607 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.7%).

Hartford, CT

Hartford, CT

80.7% on-time 253,617 flights

Jackson, WY

Jackson, WY

80.7% on-time 64,902 flights

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

80.8% on-time 1,425,060 flights

Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN

80.8% on-time 1,046,597 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 44,104).

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

44,120 flights 83.8% on-time

Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks, AK

44,233 flights 83.1% on-time

Idaho Falls, ID

Idaho Falls, ID

43,233 flights 84.4% on-time

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa, CA

43,075 flights 83.3% on-time

Other Airports in Illinois

Compare performance with other Illinois airports.

ORD 81%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 3,114,086 flights
MDW 78.4%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 880,912 flights
MLI 83.4%

Moline, IL

Moline · 45,407 flights
BMI 85.2%

Bloomington/Normal, IL

Bloomington/Normal · 25,097 flights
CMI 84.8%

Champaign/Urbana, IL

Champaign/Urbana · 17,865 flights
BLV 76.4%

Belleville, IL

Belleville · 14,072 flights
RFD 78.9%

Rockford, IL

Rockford · 9,512 flights
DEC 84.5%

Decatur, IL

Decatur · 9,084 flights

PIA delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Illinois: Illinois flight data.

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.

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Using PIA's data

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.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.