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PIA Meaning

PIA Airport Meaning

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PIA Meaning:

PIA stands for General Downing - Peoria International Airport


Located in Peoria, Illinois, PIA (General Downing - Peoria International Airport) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of PIA's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


General Downing - Peoria International Airport (PIA) Characteristics:

      City: Peoria
      State: Illinois
      FAA: General Downing - Peoria International Airport
      IATA: PIA
      ICAO: KPIA
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


PIA is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding PIA, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

PIA meaning is General Downing - Peoria International Airport.

General Downing - Peoria International Airport can be abbreviated as PIA.

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