# Monroe County Airport (BMG / KBMG)

**Monroe County Airport** (IATA: BMG, ICAO: KBMG) is a medium airport in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It opened in Mar 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BMG / KBMG
- FAA: BMG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Mar 1942
- Elevation: 846 ft / 258 m
- Coordinates: 39.1460, -86.6167
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_County_Airport_(Indiana) (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3613096
- Weather station: KBMG
- Ident: KBMG

## Timeline

- Mar 1942: Monroe County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes |
| 06/24 | 3,798 ft / 1,158 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05168AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 846 ft / 258 m | =20,526 of 43,403 | =9,494 in North America | =7,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | HULMAN APP/DEP | 128.025 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 110.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.775 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 110.200 |
| TWR | BLOOMINGTON TWR | 120.775 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbak.md) Columbus Municipal Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [HUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khuf.md) Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field · 43 mi / 68 km
- [IND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kind.md) Indianapolis International Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [LOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klou.md) Bowman Field · 82 mi / 131 km
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 82 mi / 133 km
- [LAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klaf.md) Purdue University Airport · 89 mi / 144 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmg/data