General Downing - Peoria International in December 2023

84.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 252 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 84.6% of the time (253 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	84.1%	—	75.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.9%	—	71.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	3.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	—	22.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	15	19,013
Scheduled departures	252	—	5,523	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	89	35%	83.1%	2.2 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	61	24%	86.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	61	24%	91.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	41	16%	87.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	61	91.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	86.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	41	87.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	16	93.8%	-12.2 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	15	66.7%	52.9 min	6.7%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	13	76.9%	21.5 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	9	88.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	9	88.9%	-11.3 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	-12.4 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	9	88.9%	-10.3 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-24.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.9%	37.1%	843
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	38.8%	1,388
National Aviation System	6.2%	17.6%	175
Extreme weather	14.7%	6.2%	414
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,820 delay minutes on 32 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 December 2023?

84.1% of 252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.