PIA Reports Record 2019 (and United Express Brings Larger Jets)!



Peoria Int'l Airport handled 689,416 passengers in 2019. 

That number that beats 2018's 672,594 passengers, which itself was a record. So traffic grew 2.5 percent in 2019. More details can be found in the airport's press release here. December's 56,328 passenger tally was itself the year's eighth monthly record. 

More good news is that Republic Airways dba United Express is introducing larger planes in the Peoria to Chicago-O'Hare market beginning with an evening arrival at 6:56 on Thursday, February 13 and 5:45 morning departure on Friday, February 14.

An Embraer 170 equipped with 70 seats will supplement four other roundtrips operated by Trans States Airlines (one using an Embraer 145) and Air Wisconsin (three using Canadair RJ200s).

The larger equipment will be here for at least a couple of months, according to this Peoria Journal Star story. If business is sufficient, then use of the Embraer 170 will continue. 

- David P. Jordan

Comments

  1. BamBamFunkhouserFebruary 1, 2020 at 3:49 PM

    From united.com looks like in Feb it is a E170, then a CR7 in March then TWO E175s for May. I didnt check every day, just randomly.

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  2. BamBamFunkhouserFebruary 1, 2020 at 3:54 PM

    Actually looks like it is only through May. In June it goes back to all 50 seaters. Maybe those schedules arent finalized yet so maybe the E175s will continue. But also might be a shortage of pilots for ERJ-145s and CRJ-200s for the spring and the 170s/175s are covering temporarily.

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  3. KenFebruary 10, 2020 at 6:33 PM

    Hey David,

    I noticed BMI released their 2019 passenger numbers. Total passenger 421,500, up 15.6%. Frontier certainly is responsible for most if not all of that.

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    1. David P. JordanFebruary 12, 2020 at 12:29 PM

      Thanks, Ken! I've long been frustrated with the late release of CIRA's numbers, which seems odd given the increase in traffic.

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