General Downing - Peoria International in January 2026

75.2%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 440 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so PIA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 370 departures with 74.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 70.1% of the time (441 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, national aviation system 28% and extreme weather 25%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.5%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PIA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.2%	74.6%	75.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	70.0%	72.7%	71.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.3%	1.9%	3.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	21.5 min	22.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	12	15	18,133
Scheduled departures	440	370	5,523	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	139	32%	59.7%	23.3 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	109	25%	73.4%	-3.6 min	13.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	97	22%	70.1%	11.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	95	22%	81.1%	-0.2 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	173	65.3%	18.0 min	2.3%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	78	80.8%	-1.5 min	7.7%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	61	72.1%	-9.5 min	14.8%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	33	63.6%	11.5 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	28	64.3%	16.3 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	17	70.6%	11.4 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	15	80.0%	1.0 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	14	50.0%	18.5 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	10	70.0%	34.6 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-19.2 min	0.0%
PIA–BNA	Peoria to Nashville	2	100.0%	-15.0 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	14.4%	37.3%	1,215
Late-arriving aircraft	32.6%	35.0%	2,748
National Aviation System	28.1%	18.0%	2,367
Extreme weather	24.9%	9.6%	2,104
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,434 delay minutes on 112 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 2026?

75.2% of 440 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.6% of 370 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 4.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.