KBMI is the ICAO code for Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (IATA BMI), located in Bloomington/Normal, IL.
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) is a medium airport in Bloomington/Normal, IL. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBMI or IATA code BMI. It sits in North America.
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.
The longest runway measures 8,000 ft (2,438 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal sits near sea level at 871 ft.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.
SkyAccess currently tracks 210 departing and 116 arriving private-jet legs at KBMI across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KBMI are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.