Central Illinois Regional Airport

A brick marker along Stringtown Road southwest of Bloomington was erected in 1977 by the Corn Belt Philatelic Society. Members of EAA Chapter 129, the Bloomington-Normal chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, are restoring it for the centennial.

Travelers to Bloomington's Central Illinois Regional Airport may pass through its gates dozens of times without realizing how nearby economic changes — like those over at Normal's Rivian plant — can lead to windfalls at the airport.

Gates 3 and 4 at the Central Illinois Regional Airport each have their own problems, preventing them from accommodating large aircraft and being ADA compliant. Submission of a $1.25 million grant would bring money to bring them up to requirements.

The state of Illinois is giving the Central Illinois Regional Airport $3 million to build an air cargo road. The grant is for half the $6 million estimated cost of the project. A federal grant and airport money will make up the rest.

The Federal Aviation Administration enacted a limit on the number of daily flights out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport a few days before the flights were set to begin. The new target was October 2026, but the FAA recently extended its limit to October 2027.

An inaugural plane pull event raised thousands of dollars for Special Olympics Illinois Saturday.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport is giving a big thank-you to Congressman Darin LaHood for coming through with $1.5 million in grant money.

A Central Illinois Regional Airport spokesperson confirms that service is pushed back until Oct. 24 at the earliest due to Federal Aviation Administration restrictions at O’Hare.

Due to a battle over funding at the federal level, TSA officers across the country are expected to work without pay, Bloomington's Central Illinois Regional Airport included. The airport authority is asking the community to make donations to support the officers struggling to pay for necessities like gas and groceries.

On October 28, 1934, the airport that would become Central Illinois Regional Airport was dedicated. A crowd estimated at 60,000 came to see the airshow and speech from the governor.