KBMI — Central Il Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal
Bloomington/Normal, IL · field elevation 871 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KBMI current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBMI 111156Z 23007KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02500250 10256 20244 55002
- Wind
- from 230° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °C / dewpoint 25 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,240 ft · pressure altitude 851 ft
- Observed
- 16 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 29 | 4 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 11 | 4 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 02 | 6 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 32,000–32,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBMI 111120Z 1112/1212 22009KT P6SM SCT150 FM111400 23012KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 PROB30 1116/1121 3SM -TSRA BKN025CB FM120000 VRB06KT P6SM SCT200
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 40.47711, -88.91592
- Elevation
- 871 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1103Z / 0058Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- -3° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Mc Lean, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KBMI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 8,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 11/29 | 6,525 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.575
- Tower 0600-2200
- 124.6
- Ground
- 121.65
- CTAF
- 124.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 128.725
Published procedures
- 14 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, LOC/BC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBMI airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Illinois airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.