Construction Alert! Please plan accordingly when traveling to and from the airport! Construction is happening on Interstate 474 – Airport Exits. Construction Maps & Updates
PIA Named for New Tower Grant
10/24/2024
Peoria, IL – Senators Durbin and Duckworth yesterday announced a new grant for the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria to aid in funding the replacement Air Traffic Control Tower at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. The grant of $13,510,000 is the third batch of funding for the tower project. MAAP will provide […]
10/18/2024
WHO: Metropolitan Airport Authority Staff and Board, Congressman LaHood, Congressman Sorensen, Federal Aviation Administration, Senator Koehler, Representative Spain, City, County and Many More… WHAT: Groundbreaking Ceremony for the NEW Air Traffic Control Tower, marking the success of multiple entities striving to achieve improvements for PIA and the community. Together they celebrate the determination and dedication of 12+ […]
10/11/2024
Peoria, IL – The Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, has named the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) the Primary Airport of the Year for 2024. A Primary Airport is defined by the FAA as one having more than 10,000 annual airline passengers. PIA was named in addition to six other […]
04/23/2024
Please plan accordingly when traveling to and from the airport! Allow a minimum of 2 hours prior to your flight as ticket counters will close 45 minutes prior to take off! Parking may take extra time with construction surrounding the airport.
10/04/2023
Peoria, IL – The US Department of Transportation announced that a grant of $500,000 was awarded to the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria (MAAP) under the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASD). This program provides funds to small communities to address air service and airfare issues. The grant application process required the communities to […]
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 […]
02/03/2023
Located 7 miles West of Downtown Peoria, Peoria International Airport is a small-hub airport that served over 573,911 passengers in 2022. Passengers Number of Passengers: 573,911 in 2022 / 480,006 in 2021 / 326,861 in 2020 / 689,416 in 2019Air Freight Weight: 21.9 million pounds in 2022Commercial Flights Scheduled: 7,810Aircraft Landings and Take-Offs: 36,658 Flights Most Flown Legacy Flight: Dallas, […]
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 […]
04/25/2022
In celebration of Peoria International Airport’s 11th Anniversary, we invite everyone to share the following video to highlight a great regional asset in our own backyard. “We are pleased to celebrate the impact the General Wayne A. Downing, Peoria International Airport has made in the Peoria Region. Building the new terminal in 2011 is a […]
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 […]
Parking is available in the BYERLY AVIATION Parking Lot and OVERFLOW Parking Lot.
The Main Lot AND Overflow/Additional Parking Lots are FULL. Please arrive 2 hours prior to your flight in order to find a parking spot! Those parked illegally will receive a ticket. If the Byerly Aviation Lot and Overflow Parking passed employee parking becomes full, we will provide additional spaces and alert you accordingly with signage and/or an attendant.
Please remember Airline Ticket Counters close 45 minutes prior to their flights. Make sure to plan accordingly.
Safe Travels and Thank You for flying PIA!