Bemidji Regional Airport

Bemidji Regional Airport

IATA: BJI – ICAO: KBJI – FAA LID: BJI

BJI
Location of the Airport in Minnesota

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Bemidji / Beltrami County
Serves Bemidji, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,391 ft / 424 m
Coordinates 47°30′39″N 094°56′05″W / 47.51083°N 94.93472°W
Website BemidjiAirport.org
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 7,002 2,134 Asphalt
7/25 5,700 1,737 Asphalt
Statistics (Year ending 10-31-2012)
Aircraft operations 13,251
Based aircraft 40

Bemidji Regional Airport (IATA: BJI, ICAO: KBJI, FAA LID: BJI) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Bemidji, a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the city of Bemidji and Beltrami County.[1]

The airport is mostly used for general aviation. It is served by SkyWest Airlines, operating under the Delta Connection banner for Delta Air Lines. In July 2010, work began on an $8.9 million airport terminal expansion and renovation project that would double the size of the terminal.

Facilities and aircraft

Bemidji Regional Airport covers an area of 1,740 acres (700 ha) at an elevation of 1,391 feet (424 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 7,002 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m) and 7/25 is 5,700 by 150 feet (1,737 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 12,876 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 57% general aviation, 29% scheduled commercial, 10% air taxi, 4% military. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 33% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Delta Connection Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sun Country Airlines Charter: Laughlin/Bullhead City

Top Destinations

Busiest routes out of BJI
(Feb 2014 - Jan 2015)
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Minnesota Minneapolis/St Paul 23,000 Delta
2 Arizona Laughlin/Bullhead City 1,000 Sun Country

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Bemidji Airlines Minneapolis/St. Paul
FedEx Feeder operated by Corporate Air Grand Forks

Medevac

BJI is also the home to one of five medical evacuation (medevac) helicopter flight stations in the state for AirCare, operated by North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN, a Level 1 Trauma Center located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. This station covers the northern part of Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for BJI (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.

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