General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Peoria, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Limestone Township, Peoria County | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 19 1932 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 661 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°39′51″N 089°41′36″W / 40.66417°N 89.69333°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyPIA.com | ||||||||||||||
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General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport[3] (IATA: PIA[4], ICAO: KPIA, FAA LID: PIA) is a civil/military public airport five miles west of Peoria, in Peoria County, Illinois, United States.[2] It is on the northwest edge of Bartonville, near Bellevue. It is owned by the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria,[2] which often refers to it as Peoria International Airport.[5][6] It was formerly the Greater Peoria Regional Airport.[7][8]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[9] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 312,378 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2017 and 328,769 in 2018.[10]
- ^ "General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport". Flypia.com. September 1, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for PIA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 25, 2024.
- ^ Haney, Dave (October 11, 2008). "He would have been proud". Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (PIA: Greater Peoria)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ "Contact Information". Peoria International Airport. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ Lynn, Greg (March 31, 2009). "Peoria International Airport Poised for Growth". Peoria Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ "Greater Peoria Regional Airport". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008.
- ^ "KPIA – Greater Peoria Regional Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. December 17, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2018" (PDF, 3.2 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2019.