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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 106 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 29,149 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,023 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Monroe County?
Its FAA code is BMG, and its ICAO code is KBMG.
Where is Monroe County?
It is 4 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana, 846 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Monroe County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 6,500 feet long.
Does Monroe County have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Monroe County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Monroe County?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Laredo International, Capital Region International, General Mitchell International, Chicago O'Hare International, Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field. Every route
Are there flight schools at Monroe County?
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 Monroe County?
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 Monroe County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Virgil I Grissom Municipal (20 nm southeast), Putnam County Regional (31 nm north), Columbus Municipal (34 nm east).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 51 departures from BMG in those twelve months, carrying 2,124 passengers in 3,924 seats (54% filled), to 25 destinations (1 abroad) on 13 airlines.
All 25 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 89 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 29,149, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 152 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,027 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,233 |
| general aviation, local | 11,105 |
| military | 632 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 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, 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 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 airport, 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.
- Steven Edward Stombaugh private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IN (34 nm) · (317) 272-6180 · [email protected]
- 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]
- 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 (37 nm) · (309) 645-9774 · [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 (37 nm) · (317) 225-2757 · [email protected]
- John Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Indiana State University · Terre Haute, IN (37 nm) · (812) 596-4627 · [email protected]
- John Phillip Mellor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mellor Aviation · Terre Haute, IN (37 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 airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport 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
- Laredo International (LRD) 6 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Capital Region International (LAN) 4 flights in twelve months · Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX), CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 4 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 4 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, United Air Lines Inc.
- Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field (MSN) 3 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 2 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, United Air Lines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- 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 5,695 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BMG.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 27, 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.