Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington–Normal | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Bloomington–Normal Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bloomington / Normal, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 871 ft / 265 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°28′38″N 088°54′57″W / 40.47722°N 88.91583°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.CIRA.com | ||||||||||||||
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Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington–Normal (IATA: BMI[2], ICAO: KBMI, FAA LID: BMI) is a public airport in McLean County, Illinois,[1] three miles east of Bloomington[1] and southeast of Normal. Owned by the Bloomington–Normal Airport Authority,[1] it is also known as Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[3] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 262,846 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 243,448 in 2009 and 274,677 in 2010.[5] In 2021 Central Illinois Regional Airport saw 159,897 passenger boardings ranking the airport as the 188th busiest airport in the United States. [6]
The 2013 Federal sequester would have resulted in the closure of the airport's control tower, but the Federal Aviation Administration ultimately reversed its decision.[7]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BMI PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (BMI: Bloomington–Normal)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Secretary of Transportation. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-09/cy21-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Ahlers, Mike M. (11 May 2013). "Ending 'holding pattern,' FAA cancels plan to close towers". CNN Politics.