General Downing - Peoria International in January 2025

74.6%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 370 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 4.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 284 departures with 61.3% leaving on time: a change of +13.3 points, with flights up 30%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 74.6% of the time (370 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PIA in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	74.6%	61.3%	75.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	72.7%	59.5%	71.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.9%	11.6%	3.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.5 min	31.9 min	22.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	15	17,992
Scheduled departures	370	284	5,523	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	110	30%	72.7%	19.4 min	1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	106	29%	75.5%	5.5 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	92	25%	65.2%	13.0 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	62	17%	79.0%	4.4 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	135	75.6%	16.2 min	1.5%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	68	66.2%	11.3 min	1.5%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	68.9%	10.5 min	4.9%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	23	65.2%	31.7 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	17	76.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	14	78.6%	-7.9 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	11	63.6%	1.6 min	9.1%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	11	90.9%	-10.3 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	11	90.9%	-13.5 min	0.0%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	10	60.0%	37.1 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-23.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	36.2%	2,505
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	34.7%	2,787
National Aviation System	22.2%	19.9%	1,740
Extreme weather	10.3%	9.1%	809
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

7,842 delay minutes on 94 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 January 2025?

74.6% of 370 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 61.3% of 284 departures left on time and 11.6% were cancelled, against 74.6% and 1.9% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.