Bemidji Regional Airport

ICAO KBJI47.5094°N 94.9337°W1,391 ft / 424 mMedium airport

Bemidji Regional Airport (IATA: BJI, ICAO: KBJI) is a medium airport in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. It opened in 1932. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,004 ft (2,135 m). In 2025 it handled 56 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1932–1932

1932

OpenedBemidji Regional Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

13/31134° / 314° · LIT

LENGTH7,004 ft2,135 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

07/25074° / 254° · LIT

LENGTH5,700 ft1,737 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

49K

50K

58K

59K

60K

33K

51K

52K

49K

56K

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Routes

6 destinations · 1 country

Year-round1

MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection321 km199 mi

Cargo6

BRDBrainerd Lakes Regional AirportUnited States · Bemidji Airlines137 km85 mi FARHector International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express156 km97 mi EVMEveleth–Virginia Municipal AirportUnited States · Bemidji Airlines183 km114 mi MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · UPS Airlines, Bemidji Airlines321 km199 mi MSNDane County Regional Truax FieldUnited States · Freight Runners Express653 km406 mi BFIKing County International Airport - Boeing FieldUnited States · Freight Runners Express2,044 km1,270 mi

Most destinationsBemidji Airlines 3Freight Runners Express 2Delta Connection 1FedEx Express 1UPS Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BJI. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Bemidji Regional Airport” (revision of 14 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers56K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,045of 3,974 · #472 North America · #318 US Longest runway7,004 ft2,135 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,453of 29,823 · =801 North America · =603 US Elevation1,391 ft424 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#12,937of 43,341 · #5,580 North America · #4,274 US AgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · =113 North America · =99 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

AWOSAWOS 3119.275

CNTRMINNEAPOLIS CNTR134.750

RDOPRINCETON RDO123.600

UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800