Central Illinois Regional Airport

FlightStar fbo is ‘best of’ for service we have experienced anywhere. Great line crew and front desk help. Really nice lobby for all pax and crew needs. Thanks from Commander N126M.

Very clean and definitely the smallest airport I’ve ever been in. TSA is always cool here. Once you get through security, go up the escalators and your gate is right there! There’s not much to say so let me tell you my pro’s and con’s about this place.
Pro:
Lines to check your bags is never long.
TSA lines are usually fairly quick.
Bar easily accessible.
Clean.
Free wi-​fi
Cons: lack of food options.

I had a great experience with delta! Flights were on time, check in was hassle free, seats were reasonably comfortable. What took it over the top was my experience with a certain Delta Associate, Anthony Croke! He helped print out my boarding pass for my Atlanta bound flight out of Bloomington Illinois, and after learning that i had forgotten my cellphone in the car rental i just returned, he truly went above and beyond to be helpful! He checked on me at the gate, and helped facilitate the successful retrieval of my lost phone!!! And i had already landed in Atlanta!!! Thank you Tony! If you are a representation of what i can consistently expect from Delta, Delta you have a very loyal customer!!!

Great little airport. Free parking, nice people, and easy to get in and out. Our flight was delayed and we were going to miss our connection in Atlanta. A gate attendant named Justin wearing a bright red blazer saved our trip by getting us a later connection. Very efficient and friendly guy, much like the airport.

For a local airport they are great. Shuttle bus picks you & your bags up in the parking lot. Small enough for ease in traveling. Large enough for service. Great location too…

Simple airport to deal with. I only wish they had larger aircraft coming in and out, but it is a regional airport, so I understand.

Great airport has good restaurants and easy parking also they have free wifi and a nice seating place to relax to wait for your plane or someone great little airport

Fantastic airport! Free long term parking. Very quick security and check ins. Whole process was very smooth

Nice regional airport
Thank you for free wi-​fi, all airports should offer that service to their customers

Very nice airport for Bloomington. Not totally maxed out as far as space for vendors or air traffic/​gates.
Fairly easy to get checked in and through TSA. Waits are not too long.
Plenty of space to relax when waiting for people to arrive.

Nice, clean and convenient airport in Bloomington.
I like small airports like this — uncomplicated and easy to get in and out of.
Only bad things — very limited flight options in and out of here. And hard to get morning flights to here (like no Delta morning flights from Detroit)

This is one of those fantastic small airports that makes business traveling much easier.
I have flown in and out of this airport for the past 10 weeks and have had no problems with the airport whatsoever.
The Hertz people are very efficient at giving people their cars as well as getting cars back. I’ve never had to wait more than a few minutes.
Security in general takes less than 5 minutes to get through and there is never a line at the airline ticket counters.
I’ve walked in hearing the boarding announcement and made it onto the plane 5 minutes later. The staff is also great. Friendly TSA people as well as gate agents.
I have been delayed here and there, but that is the airline’s issue, not the airport.
They have a nice little bar inside the gate which is nice for a drink before heading home.
See you at the airport!

If u r flying to this airport, never never never take Delta airlines. They suck big times. I m not going to fly with them to any destination period… seriously f$#k u delta.
However I m going to give 5star to the airport as that’s what it deserves, but not the airline-​Delta.

Checker Cab of Bloomington has a new I Phone app! Lets you book your fare with ease, and even shows you on a map where your driver is in approximation to you. TOO COOL!!!
Thankyou Checker for helping me feel like I’m not lost in the desert!

Best Airport Ever, well I mean it is the one I have to fly into to get to my hometown so its extra special to me. I am used to huge airports like LAX and Ohare so this place is a breeze. They make flying stress free (unless you fly delta… just don’t ever fly delta). American Eagle is the way to go. Always on time for departure and arrival. TSA has never been a problem for me. It is always so fast and efficient. I have never experienced a line here, nor have I ever felt rushed and flustered going through security. Free WIFi. Free Parking. Plenty of seating. There is one place past security to pick up a drink or something to eat. I can imagine this is a great place if you have kids who are first time flyers. The only downside is it is I can never get where I want to go in one flight. It is always connectors. Guess that’s what you get for living in Central Illinois.

This is NOT another useless airport review.
Very unique: They have automatic self-​cleaning toilet seats in the men’s restroom. I haven’t seen this anywhere else before.

Arriving is great. Departing sucks! TSA are rookies here and make it take longer than it should. It’s like Walmart. Regardless of the time, there’s always a line. Delta check in is a freakin nightmare. I hate that you check in online, then have to go to the kiosk to print a boarding pass. Then sometimes you have to still go to the gate to get a seat assignment and connecting ticket. Delta sucks!
Back to CIRA, free parking rocks, limited airline choices sucks… Still a small town airport trying to act big… They need to improve check in on all airlines here. It sucks and there’s no benefit for checking in online when you still have to wait in line at a kiosk. And why have a counter if you have to wait in line at kiosk, then wait in line to get bag weighed and checked… Inefficiency at its finest.
But parking and WiFi is free add a star…

There’s free parking here. Seriously. Unbelievable.
Small, typical regional airport. 2 security scanners.
TSA: REALLY picky TSA people. They will dig out every small lotion, antibacterial gel from every crevice of your bag that was perfectly fine at other bigger, metropolitan airports. Typically, TSA agents are supposed to ask who the bag belongs to before they go through it or grab it to run it through the scanner again. They don’t do that here. I’ve been freaked out MANY times because my bags didn’t come out, only to realize 5 minutes later that TSA took it, did what they did and ran it through again. Frustrating!
Clean airport. You’ll never know which gate your flight is taking off from because the monitors are always wrong (last time, my delta flight was listed under an American Airlines gate the whole time. Even through boarding. lol). But no worries– it’s small enough that you can hear/​see who’s boarding for what where.
Bundle up in the winter time, especially for Delta fliers. The delta gates are at ground-​level without a jet bridge, so you have to walk outside to the flight (and to the airport from the flight after you land).

Small airport are efficient airports.
Gets me in and out quick.
Free wifi too

This is now my airport of choice when I need to be in Champaign, IL (Delta used to fly prop planes directly in to the tiny Champaign airport, but no longer). Champaign is a zippy 45 minute highway drive from BMI.
Small but nice airport. Easy in and out. Rental cars are on the property. One deli-​type place in the airport before security and a bar after, but there are also a couple restaurants across the street (Buffalo Wild Wings, Avanti’s). The Holiday Inn across the street is also very nice, with free on-​call shuttle to/​from the airport.
I’ve always thought security was a breeze with only a couple people ahead of me each time. Heck, there’ve been times when I arrive and the security has a sign up ‘Opens in 10 minutes’. Very casual. But the Thursday before Christmas was crazy, with at least 15 people ahead of me. (I know, crazy = 15 people? At BMI… yes). I was early enough for my flight that the line wasn’t worrisome, but if I’d been cutting it closer on time based on previous experiences I may have been nervous.
Free WIFI (nice). Comfortable seats throughout. Delta staff is friendly.