# Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (BMI / KBMI) **Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal** (IATA: BMI, ICAO: KBMI) is a medium airport in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1928. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m). In 2025 it handled 317 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmi ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: BMI / KBMI - FAA: BMI - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, United States - Opened: 1928 - Elevation: 871 ft / 266 m - Coordinates: 40.4771, -88.9159 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m - Instrument procedures: 9 approaches - Passengers: 317,195 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago - Website: http://www.cira.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Illinois_Regional_Airport (10 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1962462 - Weather station: KBMI - Ident: KBMI ## Timeline - 1928: Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal opens. - 7 Apr 2015: Central Illinois Regional Airport crash. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 02/20 | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 018° / 198° | yes | | 11/29 | 6,525 ft / 1,989 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05058AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 402,000 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 371,119 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 374,355 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 324,845 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 355,798 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 415,246 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 179,354 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 319,342 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 350,559 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 329,298 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 323,477 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 317,195 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (4) - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 533 mi / 858 km · Delta Connection - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 918 mi / 1,477 km · Allegiant Air - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 938 mi / 1,509 km · Allegiant Air - [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 1,346 mi / 2,166 km · Allegiant Air ### Cargo (1) - [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 380 mi / 611 km · FedEx Express ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BMI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (2) - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 3 - [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 ### Cargo (1) - FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 317K (2025) | #1,314 of 3,974 | #301 in North America | #200 in US | | Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US | | Elevation | 871 ft / 266 m | #20,029 of 43,403 | #9,207 in North America | #7,505 in US | | Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =58 in North America | =57 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | PEORIA APP/DEP | 118.050 | | ASOS | ASOS | 135.350 | | ATIS | ATIS | 135.350 | | CTAF | CTAF | 124.600 | | GND | GND | 121.650 | | RDO | KANKAKEE RDO | 108.200 | | TWR | BLOOMINGTON TWR | 124.600 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [PIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpia.md) General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport · 43 mi / 69 km - [DEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdec.md) Decatur Airport · 44 mi / 72 km - [CMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmi.md) University of Illinois Willard Airport · 45 mi / 73 km - [SPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kspi.md) Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport · 59 mi / 96 km - [IKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kikk.md) Greater Kankakee Airport · 69 mi / 112 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [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) - [Wikipedia: “Central Illinois Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Illinois_Regional_Airport&oldid=1371153984), revision of 24 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [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/kbmi/data