Monroe County
BMG · KBMG · Bloomington, Indiana · Monroe County · map
Monroe County is a public-use airport owned by Monroe County, 4 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana, 846 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBMG · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:25 pm EDT (17:25 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBMG 062153Z 17005KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02170061
TAF KBMG 061725Z 0618/0718 15007KT P6SM SKC FM070000 00000KT P6SM SKC FM071400 22008KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BMG · ICAO KBMG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Monroe County
- Elevation
- 846 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,798 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 2,600 ft from the end
- Runway 35: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 304 ft, road 22 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 222 ft, road 18 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.775 | Bloomington |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Bloomington |
| Approach and departure | 128.025 | Bloomington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Bloomington |
| Bmg and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 812-200-0732.
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.
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 airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17; PAPI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 on continuously.
- Runway 06/24 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Available air carrier tax only.
- Road 100-200 feet from threshold 200-250 feet R.
- 7 feet fence 175 feet from threshold 113 feet L of runway extdd centerline.
- Approach ratio 19:1 to dthr; 64 feet trees 950 feet from runway 210 feet R.
- Approach ratio 12:1; 19 feet road 245 feet from dthr 250 feet L.
- Surface condition unmnt MON-FRI 4:00 pm to 8:00 am and wkend.
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 5, 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.