TSA PreCheck®
08/29/2025
September 23-26, 2025 (Tuesday – Friday) 9:00am – 12:00; 1:00pm – 5:00pm HOW TO SIGN UP FOR TSA PRE✓: Remember to bring the documents you selected in step nine to your appointment along with $76.50 paid by credit card, money order, company check or certified/cashier’s check (no cash or personal checks will be accepted). Once […]
08/28/2025
Peoria, IL – July 2025 capped off a historic summer at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) with an unprecedented 80,836 passengers, a 26% increase over July 2024. This milestone not only sets a new all-time high, but also continues a remarkable trend, with 10 of the last 12 months setting monthly records. […]
07/25/2025
Peoria, IL – The General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) continues its remarkable growth trajectory, setting monthly passenger records in nine of the past 11 months. Most recently, April, May, and June have each reached all-time highs. June closed with 78,892 total passengers traveling through PIA—a 20% increase over June 2024. This figure […]
05/02/2025
Located 7 miles West of Downtown Peoria, Peoria International Airport is a small-hub airport that served over 687,601 passengers in 2024. Passengers Total Number of Passengers: 687,601 in 2024/ 638,378 in 2023/ 573,911 in 2022 / 480,006 in 2021 / 326,861 in 2020 / 689,416 in 2019Air Freight Weight: 14.9 million pounds in 2024Commercial Flights Scheduled: 9,344Aircraft Landings […]
05/02/2025
Peoria, IL – United Airlines now flies daily, non-stop from the Denver International Airport to the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. These daily flights are on 76 seat regional jet airplanes with service in two classes. Service began March 30, 2025. The schedule includes an 8:50 am departure from PIA arriving at DEN […]
05/02/2025
Meet our Bison – part of Peoria County’s 200th Anniversary and our (Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria’s 75th Anniversary) #Bisontennial. Come out to visit Turbo for a chance to win prizes as a part of the Bison Trek
12/19/2024
Peoria, IL – United Airlines today is announcing new service from their hub in Denver, CO to several locations, including a daily non-stop from the Denver International Airport to the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. These daily flights will be on 76 seat regional jet airplanes with service in two classes. Service begins […]
02/28/2023
Peoria, IL – The US Department of Transportation today announced a grant of $14 million under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to continue with construction of a replacement Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. The existing ATCT is co-located with the old terminal which opened […]
05/03/2022
The General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport recently achieved another perfect score from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a rigorous annual certification and safety inspection. The FAA requires all U.S. airports providing commercial airline service to undergo a yearly examination. This critical and comprehensive annual safety inspection covers: Airport Certification Manual (ACM) and […]
04/20/2022
The Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria, which operates and manages General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) and Mt. Hawley Airport (3MY), is following the guidance of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Peoria County Health Department (PCHD) as well as our airlines and tenants to help […]
Beginning April 14, 2025, construction traffic will begin on Phase 1 of the new Air Traffic Control Tower.
Construction will take place for 1 year, immediately followed by Phase 2, which will take an additional year.
For the duration of the project, the main terminal drive will be reduced to one lane between the Old Tower and the merge to Dirksen Parkway. In this section of roadway, outbound traffic will use the left lane, and construction traffic will use the right lane. This is to allow consturction traffic access to the work site (as shown in the map below).
Safe Travels and Thank You for flying PIA!