# General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA / KPIA) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpia ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: PIA / KPIA - FAA: PIA - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Peoria, Illinois, United States - Opened: Apr 1940 - Elevation: 661 ft / 201 m - Coordinates: 40.6638, -89.6926 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 10,104 ft / 3,080 m - Instrument procedures: 12 approaches - Passengers: 805,391 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago - Website: http://www.flypia.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_International_Airport (14 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274636 - Weather station: KPIA · WMO 72532 - Ident: KPIA ## Timeline - Apr 1940: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 13/31 | 10,104 ft / 3,080 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 127° / 307° | yes | | 04/22 | 8,004 ft / 2,440 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00597AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 639,320 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 634,745 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 614,094 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 626,275 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 660,644 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 679,962 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 323,753 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 474,188 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 567,898 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 630,442 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 683,402 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 805,391 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 13 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (7) - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 130 mi / 209 km · United Express - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 791 mi / 1,273 km · United Express - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 951 mi / 1,530 km · Allegiant Air - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 967 mi / 1,556 km · Allegiant Air - [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 1,046 mi / 1,684 km · Allegiant Air - [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 1,310 mi / 2,108 km · Allegiant Air - [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,409 mi / 2,268 km · Allegiant Air ### Seasonal (5) - [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · United States · 354 mi / 569 km · Allegiant Air - [VPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvps.md) Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · United States · 726 mi / 1,168 km · Allegiant Air - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 791 mi / 1,273 km · Allegiant Air - [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · United States · 1,003 mi / 1,614 km · Allegiant Air - [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 1,147 mi / 1,846 km · Allegiant Air ### Cargo (2) - [RFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krfd.md) Chicago Rockford International Airport · United States · 110 mi / 177 km · UPS Airlines - [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 273 mi / 439 km · UPS Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PIA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (2) - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 10 - UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2 ### Cargo (1) - 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 2 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 805K (2025) | #911 of 3,974 | #219 in North America | #154 in US | | Longest runway | 10,104 ft / 3,080 m | =970 of 29,858 | =210 in North America | =164 in US | | Elevation | 661 ft / 201 m | #24,152 of 43,403 | #11,583 in North America | #9,624 in US | | Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | PEORIA APP/DEP | 124.675 | | ASOS | ASOS | 126.100 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.100 | | GND | GND | 121.850 | | OPS | ARNG OPS | 32.300 | | POST | ANG OPS | 141.550 | | RDO | KANKAKEE RDO | 122.350 | | TWR | PEORIA TWR | 119.100 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [BMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmi.md) Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal · 43 mi / 69 km - [SPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kspi.md) Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport · 57 mi / 91 km - [MLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmli.md) Quad City International Airport · 69 mi / 111 km - [DEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdec.md) Decatur Airport · 72 mi / 116 km - [BRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbrl.md) Southeast Iowa Regional Airport · 75 mi / 121 km - [CMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmi.md) University of Illinois Willard Airport · 86 mi / 139 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Peoria International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peoria_International_Airport&oldid=1366696514), revision of 29 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpia/data