Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has been named the state’s best primary airport of the ...

Staff at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport are in the dark about just how much the Federal Aviation Administration's plans to cut 10% of flights at 40 major airports will impact ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — It was a high-flying year for passengers in and out of Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, which set a record for travelers. Airport officials held a joyful press ...

Peoria International Airport reported a new record for monthly passengers, continuing a trend of increasing foot traffic dating to last year. The Peoria airport announced 71,988 departed and arrived ...

Peoria International Airport achieved a new monthly passenger record in June with 78,892 passengers. This surpasses the previous record set in May 2025 and represents a 20% year-over-year increase.

A proposed airpark in northern Peoria is projected to drive about $1 billion annually in economic activity for the city and provide nearly $60 million in state and local tax revenue. That’s according ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- More passengers flew out of Peoria's airport than nearby Bloomington-Normal last month, the first time in two years that Peoria has come out on top. In September, the Greater ...

Peoria International Airport celebrates a big milestone this year. We’ll talk about how the airport has changed and grown over the last 75 years since the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria was ...

PHOENIX – Peoria officials are contemplating the creation of an airport complex to spur economic development in the West Valley suburb. The city is looking for ways to create jobs and revenue to ...

The grant money will fund construction of the administrative building and the foundation for the new control tower, which should take approximately a year, according to Metropolitan Airport Authority ...