Lake Monroe Seaplane Base
07I · Bloomington, Indiana · Monroe County · map
Lake Monroe Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by Dept of Natural Resources, 7 miles southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, 538 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lake Monroe Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 07I.
Where is Lake Monroe Seaplane Base?
It is 7 miles southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, 538 feet above sea level.
Does Lake Monroe Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Lake Monroe Seaplane Base?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Bmg Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lake Monroe Seaplane Base?
6 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lake Monroe Seaplane Base…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 07I
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dept of Natural Resources
- Elevation
- 538 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW/NE | 15,000 × 4,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Monroe County (9 nm northwest), Virgil I Grissom Municipal (13 nm south), Freeman Municipal (26 nm east), Columbus Municipal (28 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Monroe County (9 nm northwest), Virgil I Grissom Municipal (13 nm south), Freeman Municipal (26 nm east), Columbus Municipal (28 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Seaplane operations NA between sunset to sunrise.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bloomington from the FAA register
99 aircraft are registered to owners in Bloomington, Indiana: 58 piston singles, 22 balloons, 6 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 3 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bmg Aviation INC 6 aircraft · Bloomington, 11 miles away BMG Jet Center is a full-service FBO at Monroe County Airport in Bloomington, Indiana, offering line service, aircraft maintenance, aircraft rental, air charter, and flight instruction.
Repair stations in Bloomington:
- North American Balloon Company LLC Adams Balloon Loft, LLC produces type-certified hot air balloons in Bloomington, Indiana.
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 12 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 6 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Cory Alexander Irwin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Indy South Greenwood Airport · Greenwood, IN (36 nm) · (812) 699-1711 · [email protected]
- Steven Edward Stombaugh private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IN (38 nm) · (317) 272-6180 · [email protected]
- James Carroll Buehler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vincennes University · Indianapolis, IN (40 nm) · (317) 225-2757 · [email protected]
- John Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hendricks CountyAirport - Gordon graham Field (2R2) · Danville, IN (43 nm) · (812) 596-4627 · [email protected]
- Ethan James Malavolti private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Terre Haute, IN (46 nm) · (309) 645-9774 · [email protected]
- John Phillip Mellor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mellor Aviation · Terre Haute, IN (46 nm) · (812) 870-9686 · [email protected]
All 36 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bloomington 99 aircraft · 58 piston singles, 22 balloons, 6 turboprops
- Bmg Aviation Leasing LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Balloons Over Bloomington LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Bmg Aviation INC 6 aircraft in town
- Cfc LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Bmg Aviation INC 6 aircraft · flight school
- North American Balloon Company LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,698 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/07I.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 23, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.