PIA Surpasses 80,000 Passengers for First Time in Airport History
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 […]
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!