General Downing - Peoria International in September 2023

79.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 270 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 79.3% of the time (270 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from PIA in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	79.3%	—	75.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	78.1%	—	71.7%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	3.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	—	22.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	15	18,978
Scheduled departures	270	—	5,523	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	88	33%	68.2%	29.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	62	23%	75.8%	3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	60	22%	86.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	60	22%	86.7%	9.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	88	68.2%	29.0 min	0.0%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	60	86.7%	9.7 min	0.0%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	86.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	9	33.3%	29.7 min	0.0%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	9	66.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	28.0 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	9	77.8%	2.1 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	9	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	8	87.5%	-15.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.9%	36.4%	2,632
Late-arriving aircraft	20.0%	38.3%	1,037
National Aviation System	26.0%	19.9%	1,344
Extreme weather	3.1%	5.1%	163
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,176 delay minutes on 57 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PIA on time in September 2023?

79.3% of 270 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PIA · methodology · corrections.