AirportsCentral Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal is a medium-sized airport serving Bloomington/Normal, in Illinois, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BMI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BMI
- ICAO code
- KBMI
- City
- Bloomington/Normal
- State or region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.4771° N, 88.9159° W
- Elevation
- 265 m (871 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,438 m (8,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BMI means Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KBMI. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.4771° N, 88.9159° W. It stands 265 metres (871 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Peoria, about 62 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,438 metres (8,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 254.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,438 m 8,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 11/29 | 1,989 m 6,525 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria | PIA | 69 km |
| Decatur AirportDecatur | DEC | 72 km |
| University of Illinois Willard AirportSavoy | CMI | 73 km |
| Abraham Lincoln Capital AirportSpringfield | SPI | 96 km |
| Purdue University AirportWest Lafayette | LAF | 167 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,204 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,129 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,827 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,519 km | 8 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,277 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,697 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,183 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,205 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,747 km | 18 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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