Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport
BMI · KBMI · Bloomington/Normal, Illinois · Mc Lean County · map
Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles east of Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, 871 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 8,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 78 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,095 takeoffs and landings a year. About 161,533 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
Its FAA code is BMI, and its ICAO code is KBMI.
Where is Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, 871 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 02/20, is 8,000 feet long.
Does Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis, Orlando Sanford International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Crosswinds Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport?
5 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 Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport…
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 airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BMI · ICAO KBMI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 871 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 0400l to 2400l
- 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 6,525 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 20: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), power line 40 ft high 2,007 ft from the end
- Runway 11: VASI, four boxes on the right
- Runway 29: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.6 | Bloomington |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.575 | Bloomington |
| Ground | 121.65 | Bloomington |
| Approach and departure | 128.725 | Bloomington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Bloomington |
| Bmi and aWOS-3PT | 135.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 309-661-9478.
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 (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Pontiac Municipal (30 nm northeast), Pekin Municipal (35 nm west), Paxton Airport (36 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 Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 48 hour prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 02 and 29; tdz runway 20; cntln 02/20; PAPI runway 02; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. Alsf available when the control tower open.
- Southeast end 565 feet concrete; rmng 5960 feet asphalt.
- When the control tower closed ALSF2 operates as ssalr.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Snow removal operations winter months; when the control tower closed mnt the common traffic frequency.
- When the control tower closed landing/takeoff announce intentions on the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 3,057 departures from BMI in those twelve months, carrying 172,617 passengers in 227,656 seats (76% filled), to 49 destinations on 14 airlines.
All 49 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 | 69 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 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 23,095, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3,490 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,228 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,328 |
| general aviation, local | 5,763 |
| military | 286 |
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/Normal from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bloomington/Normal, IL as the owner's town.
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:
- Crosswinds Flying Club INC 8 aircraft · Bloomington, 3 miles away Crosswinds Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI) in Bloomington, Illinois.
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 21 since 1982, 5 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Crosswinds Flying Club INC 8 aircraft · flying club
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 863 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 850 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 711 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis (MEM) 234 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Ameristar Air Cargo
- Orlando Sanford International (SFB) 126 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- St. Pete-Clearwater International (PIE) 111 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Appleton International (ATW) 50 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Phoenix (AZA) 28 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BMI.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.