General Downing - Peoria International in April 2026

73.9%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 551 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.8% reached their destination on time; 4.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 484 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 70.6% of the time (551 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 68.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.8%
Cancelled 4.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	73.9%	79.5%	75.3%	79.1%
Arrived on time	68.8%	76.2%	71.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	4.7%	1.2%	3.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.3 min	17.7 min	22.6 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	16	15	19,931
Scheduled departures	551	484	5,523	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	236	43%	57.6%	41.7 min	8.1%
OH PSA Airlines	125	23%	76.8%	13.6 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	113	21%	70.8%	8.5 min	3.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	77	14%	87.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	295	59.0%	36.4 min	7.5%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	74.2%	3.6 min	2.2%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	60	73.3%	28.2 min	1.7%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	30	93.3%	-11.1 min	3.3%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	20	100.0%	-16.8 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	17	82.4%	-6.6 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	11	90.9%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	11	90.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	10	100.0%	-15.3 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	8	37.5%	26.4 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.9%	33.5%	6,163
Late-arriving aircraft	27.1%	40.4%	4,185
National Aviation System	20.1%	21.0%	3,105
Extreme weather	13.0%	5.0%	2,006
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,459 delay minutes on 142 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 April 2026?

73.9% of 551 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 79.5% of 484 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 73.9% and 4.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

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