PIA

General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport

ICAO KPIA40.6638°N 89.6926°W661 ft / 201 mMedium airport
On the map
PIA Airport Diagram
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General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (IATA: PIA, ICAO: KPIA) is a medium airport in Peoria, Illinois, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,104 ft (3,080 m). In 2025 it handled 805 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedGeneral Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
13/31127° / 307° · LIT
LENGTH10,104 ft3,080 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
04/22039° / 219° · LIT
LENGTH8,004 ft2,440 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
639K
635K
614K
626K
661K
680K
324K
474K
568K
630K
683K
805K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 130 mi / 209 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 791 mi / 1,273 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 951 mi / 1,530 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 967 mi / 1,556 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,046 mi / 1,684 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 1,310 mi / 2,108 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,409 mi / 2,268 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 354 mi / 569 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 726 mi / 1,168 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,003 mi / 1,614 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,147 mi / 1,846 kmRFD · Chicago Rockford International Airport · 110 mi / 177 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 273 mi / 439 kmLASAZAFLLSRQSFBDENVPSBNASDFORDPIERFDPGDPIA
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 10United Express 2UPS Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PIA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Peoria International Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers805K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#911of 3,974 · #219 North America · #154 USLongest runway10,104 ft3,080 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=970of 29,823 · =210 North America · =164 USElevation661 ft201 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#24,125of 43,341 · #11,577 North America · #9,619 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DPEORIA APP/DEP124.675
ASOSASOS126.100
ATISATIS126.100
GNDGND121.850
OPSARNG OPS32.300
POSTANG OPS141.550
RDOKANKAKEE RDO122.350
TWRPEORIA TWR119.100
UNICUNICOM122.950