General Downing - Peoria International in September 2024

82.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 323 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 270 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 81.7% of the time (323 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PIA in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	79.3%	75.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	78.9%	78.1%	71.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	3.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	20.1 min	22.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	9	15	19,421
Scheduled departures	323	270	5,523	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	120	37%	72.5%	31.0 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	117	36%	86.3%	-3.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	70	22%	82.9%	-0.5 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	16	5%	56.3%	15.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	133	82.7%	-1.4 min	0.0%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	60	68.3%	48.3 min	5.0%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	76.7%	14.5 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	13	100.0%	-16.0 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	13	92.3%	-13.4 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	9	66.7%	11.3 min	0.0%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	9	88.9%	-12.9 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	24.2 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	24.6 min	11.1%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	8	87.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	38.6%	2,075
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	38.4%	3,064
National Aviation System	11.5%	18.2%	709
Extreme weather	5.2%	4.8%	323
Security	0.3%	0.1%	16

6,187 delay minutes on 64 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 2024?

82.7% of 323 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 79.3% of 270 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; 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.