KBMG · Monroe County Airport

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

846

Elevation ft

Runways

6,500

Longest ft · 17/35

39.15N

86.62W

Monroe County Airport serves Bloomington, Indiana at 846 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 6,500 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	6,500 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
06/24	3,798 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 846 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	846 ft	2,603 ft	2,199 ft	3,299 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,046 ft	2,837 ft	2,326 ft	3,489 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,246 ft	3,071 ft	2,452 ft	3,679 ft
35°C afternoon	3,449 ft	3,111 ft	2,474 ft	3,711 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 6,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,711 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KBMG is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KGPC Putnam County Airport	31 nm N	5,002 ft
KBAK Columbus Municipal Airport	34 nm E	6,401 ft
KSER Freeman Municipal Airport	36 nm E	6,001 ft
KDCY Daviess County Airport	36 nm SW	5,002 ft
KHUF Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field	37 nm NW	9,021 ft
KIND Indianapolis International Airport	37 nm NE	11,200 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KBMG

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KBMG, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KBMG or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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