Bemidji Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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Statistics (Year ending 10-31-2015) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 13,251 |
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Based aircraft | 60 |
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.
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.
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).
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.