General Downing - Peoria International in February 2026

76.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 405 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 331 departures with 73.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 73.3% of the time (404 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 74.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	76.3%	73.4%	75.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	74.1%	72.5%	71.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	3.3%	3.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	32.6 min	22.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	11	15	17,168
Scheduled departures	405	331	5,523	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	127	31%	78.0%	8.3 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	123	30%	67.5%	13.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	82	20%	72.0%	9.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	73	18%	80.8%	-2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	172	73.3%	10.2 min	0.0%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	76	80.3%	-5.7 min	3.9%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	56	76.8%	24.4 min	3.6%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	28	39.3%	30.9 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	20	80.0%	-5.6 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	14	78.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	13	84.6%	-4.8 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	10	80.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	25.3 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	100.0%	-14.9 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	48.1%	38.2%	3,547
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	37.2%	2,413
National Aviation System	15.9%	18.5%	1,174
Extreme weather	3.2%	6.0%	237
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,371 delay minutes on 99 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 February 2026?

76.3% of 405 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 73.4% of 331 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 1.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

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