General Downing - Peoria International in May 2026

81.0%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 447 domestic departures from General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.5% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so PIA departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 503 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.7 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at PIA that month were on time 75.2% of the time (447 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 23%.

On time 76.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	PIA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.0%	77.3%	75.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	76.5%	74.4%	71.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.0%	3.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	30.4 min	22.6 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	17	15	20,391
Scheduled departures	447	503	5,523	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	135	30%	83.0%	3.6 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	123	28%	63.4%	24.0 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	113	25%	85.0%	-3.7 min	2.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	76	17%	73.7%	12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIA–ORD	Peoria to Chicago	185	69.2%	13.9 min	2.7%
PIA–DFW	Peoria to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	78.5%	14.3 min	3.2%
PIA–CLT	Peoria to Charlotte	62	91.9%	-12.1 min	1.6%
PIA–DEN	Peoria to Denver	35	85.7%	0.1 min	0.0%
PIA–AZA	Peoria to Phoenix	15	80.0%	-3.7 min	0.0%
PIA–PIE	Peoria to St. Petersburg	12	91.7%	-3.7 min	0.0%
PIA–PGD	Peoria to Punta Gorda	11	81.8%	21.9 min	0.0%
PIA–SFB	Peoria to Sanford	10	70.0%	14.6 min	0.0%
PIA–LAS	Peoria to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	40.2 min	0.0%
PIA–SRQ	Peoria to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	4.6 min	0.0%
PIA–VPS	Peoria to Valparaiso	6	50.0%	25.3 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.6%	33.0%	1,838
Late-arriving aircraft	41.5%	40.4%	3,376
National Aviation System	24.8%	20.5%	2,018
Extreme weather	11.2%	6.0%	911
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,143 delay minutes on 94 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 May 2026?

81.0% of 447 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 77.3% of 503 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 2.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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