Central Illinois Regional Airport

Typically, December is a slow month for business travel at Central Illinois Regional Airport, but this year it was practically non-existent with airport director Carl Olson saying there was “no detectable business travel activity” the final month of 2020.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport continued to conform to national patterns in November, Deputy Director for Marketing Fran Strebing told Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Board members on Tuesday.

The demolition of Central Illinois Regional Airport’s old terminal building is slated to begin this month.

The site is the former location of CJ’s Restaurant, which closed in 2018.

In a virtual meeting with the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority on Tuesday, CIRA Deputy Director Javier Centeno said work will begin on Sept. 14 and is projected to last 85 days.

Thousands of people are traveling this summer to COVID-19 hotspots and coming back to the Bloomington-Normal and the Tri-County areas — and none of them are being told to quarantine when they return.

UPDATED 8:15 a.m. | Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington will receive $4.6 million from the coronavirus rescue package to help recover from the pandemic, the FAA announced Tuesday.

UPDATED 11:15 a.m. | President Trump on Friday signed an historic $2 trillion economic recovery package into law.

Allegiant will add its third nonstop route to Florida from Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in Bloomington starting this summer, officials said Tuesday.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport has collaborated with the Illinois State University’s School of Art and College of Fine Arts to open its first student art gallery.

No one was injured Sunday night when a United Express flight made an emergency landing at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis talked with Transportation Security Administration officers in a visit to Central Illinois Regional Airport on Monday to assess the impact of the recent partial federal government shutdown.

With paychecks for federal workers in Bloomington-Normal still lagging, the Central Illinois Regional Airport has opened a food pantry and support center.

The Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority will look for possible tenants to occupy Central Illinois Regional Airport’s old terminal building.

The Normal Town Council has appointed a Commerce Bank vice president to the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority board.

Frontier Airlines is officially back in business at Central Illinois Regional Airport.

Central Illinois travelers looking for a nonstop flight to Detroit will have to spend some time in the car first.

Central Illinois Regional Airport is getting $2.3 million from the federal government to complete a major pavement rehab project.

Frontier Airlines is coming back to Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.

Bloomington-Normal is commemorating fallen soldiers and their families in a new way this holiday season.

Central Illinois Regional Airport has a new chief financial officer.

Paulette Hurd, a licensed CPA, took over for outgoing CFO Diane Andes Finney, who is retiring. Hurd officially assumed her new role June 26.

A flight on its way from Chicago to Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington was reportedly struck by lightning Saturday. No injuries were reported.

American flight 2885 landed safely at CIRA after the reported strike, airport officials said in a Facebook post Saturday night. CIRA said that 32 passengers and three crew members were on board.

If you're planning your summer vacation, you might want to make a stop next month at the Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA). The airport is launching a pop-up enrollment center for the government's TSA Pre-Check pre-screening security program, which is now available at 180 airports across the country.

 A new issue could be emerging in the primary election for the city of Bloomington and Town of Normal as the pressure mounts to find a replacement for soccer fields along Ireland Grove Road which host youth soccer leagues and Bloomington High School students.