Construction Alert! Please plan accordingly when traveling to and from the airport! Construction is happening on Interstate 474 – Airport Exits. Construction Maps & Updates
PIA Launches United Daily Service to Denver
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 at 10:30 am, with the return flight departing DEN at 5:21 pm and arriving at PIA at 8:50 pm (all times are local).
“United is pleased to launch the only daily nonstop flight between Central Illinois and Denver,” said Mark Weithofer, United’s Managing Director, Domestic Network Planning. “This service will increase connectivity to United’s comprehensive global network, and build upon our existing schedule to Chicago O’Hare”
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!