General Downing - Peoria International in March 2026

69.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 459 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 69.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.0% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 430 departures with 73.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 63.7% of the time (460 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 61.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.3%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	69.5%	73.0%	75.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	61.0%	72.6%	71.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	4.6%	1.6%	3.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.7 min	25.3 min	22.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	14	15	20,403
Scheduled departures	459	430	5,523	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	149	32%	65.1%	17.7 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	26%	44.2%	38.9 min	8.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	98	21%	74.5%	18.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	92	20%	62.0%	20.1 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	181	57.5%	29.9 min	7.2%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	88	65.9%	16.7 min	3.4%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	61	63.9%	19.0 min	3.3%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	31	19.4%	34.8 min	9.7%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	28	92.9%	-14.5 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	20	45.0%	42.8 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	16	62.5%	83.0 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	14	78.6%	4.5 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	11	72.7%	14.4 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-18.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.6%	33.5%	4,665
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	39.3%	4,759
National Aviation System	29.0%	21.0%	4,034
Extreme weather	3.1%	5.9%	431
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,889 delay minutes on 153 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 March 2026?

69.5% 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 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 73.0% of 430 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 69.5% and 4.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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