General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport frequencies

General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA · KPIA) in Peoria, IL is a towered field, staffed 24 hours. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi Peoria

ATIS 126.1
A recorded loop of the field's weather, active runway and any notices, updated hourly or whenever conditions change. Listen before your first call, and tell the controller which letter you have so they do not read it to you again.
Clearance 124.675
Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.

Taxi & takeoff Peoria

Ground 121.85
Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 124.0
Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival Saint Louis

App/Dep 125.8
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

UNICOM 122.95
A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.
Flight service 122.5
Flight Service handles briefings, flight plans and en route advisories, reached here through a remote outlet. Open and close VFR flight plans, and get updated weather in the air. 1-800-WX-BRIEF reaches the same specialists from the ground.
Emergency 121.5
121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.
By procedure & sector (12 more)
38.925ARNG OPS
125.8CLASS C
141.15ARNG OPS
141.35ANG OPS
243.0EMERG
269.2APCH/P DEP/P, CLASS C
280.9ARNG OPS
282.2ATIS
282.825ANG OPS
317.55CD/P
348.6GND/P
353.85LCL/P
Every KPIA frequency, as one table
ATIS126.1
Clearance124.675
Ground121.85
Tower124.0
UNICOM122.95
Flight service122.5
Emergency121.5
App/Dep125.8

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KPIA?

General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport tower is 124.0, calling "Peoria Tower". The tower is staffed 24 hours.

What is the ground frequency at KPIA?

Ground control at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is 121.85. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ATIS frequency at KPIA?

ATIS at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is 126.1. Listen before your first call and report the letter you have.

What is the approach frequency for KPIA?

App/Dep for General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is 125.8, working as "Saint Louis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KPIA?

Clearance delivery at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is 124.675. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.