General Downing - Peoria International in December 2025

64.5%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 459 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 64.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.0% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 7.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 379 departures with 76.0% leaving on time: a change of −11.5 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 65.6% of the time (459 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 61.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.2%
Cancelled 4.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	64.5%	76.0%	75.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	61.0%	73.9%	71.7%	71.9%
Cancelled	4.4%	0.3%	3.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.0 min	21.2 min	22.6 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	13	15	19,410
Scheduled departures	459	379	5,523	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	134	29%	64.9%	11.4 min	6.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	123	27%	65.9%	18.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	107	23%	49.5%	54.2 min	3.7%
OH PSA Airlines	95	21%	62.1%	20.0 min	7.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	157	54.1%	32.9 min	7.0%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	74.2%	8.2 min	4.5%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	59	57.6%	22.1 min	6.8%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	40	47.5%	56.6 min	2.5%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	25	68.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	23	60.9%	20.0 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	16	43.8%	90.7 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	15	73.3%	7.8 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	14	92.9%	-11.6 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	91.7%	-11.2 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	9	33.3%	46.6 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	33.3%	4,624
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	41.1%	4,799
National Aviation System	26.3%	19.1%	3,704
Extreme weather	6.6%	6.4%	934
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,061 delay minutes on 157 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 2025?

64.5% of 459 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 76.0% of 379 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 64.5% and 4.4% in December 2025.

Provenance

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