Peoria Station

I caught a little action at Peoria Int'l Airport this evening. I arrived my spot with just seconds to spare for the Allegiant Air 737 MAX-8. The American Eagle retrojet returned, and I stayed awhile to record more action, including the MAX-8's departure. Judging by the passenger terminal parking lot, business is good at PIA! CAPTION: Five commercial airliner movements are shown at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria Int'l Airport Monday evening, May 25, 2026.  -Allegiant Air Flt 2904, Boeing 737 MAX-8 from Orlando-Sanford -SkyWest Airlines (United Express) Flt 6047, CRJ200 from Chicago-O'Hare -Envoy Airlines (American Eagle) Flt 3740, Embraer 170 to Chicago-O'Hare -PSA Airlines (American Eagle) Flt 5340, CRJ900 to Dallas/Ft. Worth -Allegiant Air Flt 2920, Boeing 737 MAX-8 to Orlando-Sanford - David P. Jordan

Last month proved Peoria International Airport's biggest October ever regarding passengers.  According to this press release .  The General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) saw a record October with 56,290 passengers, surpassing that month's previous record of 54,580 passengers in October 2014. Director of Airports, Gene Olson, noted that PIA saw record figures the first three months of this year, but traffic softened in April and September. The latter was probably due to seasonal suspensions of Allegiant Air nonstops to both Orlando-Sanford and Destin/Fort Walton Beach. The former resumed November 15 and the latter is expected to return next spring.  That the airport posted an October record without these services suggests strength to other markets or that passengers found alternatives to these Florida points. Fare competition between American (Charlotte) and Delta (Atlanta) probably is a factor here.  Olson believes that ...

The Peoria Journal Star posted online a story yesterday touting rising passenger traffic. Unlike most business news, this was prompted by something other than a press release. PASSENGER TRAFFIC DOWN SLIGHTLY THROUGH JULY Unfortunately, the article fails to provide passenger data for recent months. The airport touted record traffic for each of the first three months this year, but not since. I suspected business declined in April, and I was correct, at least according to figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics . BTS data excludes charter passengers and the newest figures are three months old for proprietary reasons, but we can use it determine trends. Using BTS figures, I came up with the following for the first seven months of 2017. *January - 47,536 *February - 46,148 *March - 59,836 April - 48,291 May - 51,166 June 57,815 July 55,622 Total - 366,414 So how does this compare to the first seven months of 2016? January - 43,387 Februar...

Allegiant Air's nonstops to both Destin/Ft. Walton Beach and Orlando-Sanford are on hiatus, according to the Peoria Journal Star . The last "turnaround" to Destin/Ft. Walton Beach operated Saturday, September 2 while the last to Orlando-Sanford operated August 12. According to the linked article, service to the former will resume in the spring. The latter will resume November 15. Makes you wonder if not for Hurricane Irma's affect on our service (Allegiant Air suspended its Punta Gorda flight Friday), our local newspaper would have bothered to report the hiatus on Destin/Ft. Walton and Orlando-Sanford flights. - David P. Jordan