MidAmerica St. Louis Airport
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a public use airport next to Scott Air Force Base. It is located 18 nautical miles [nmi] (33 km; 21 mi) east of downtown St. Louis and 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) east of the central business district of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1997, MidAmerica is the secondary domestic passenger airport for the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, after the larger St. Louis Lambert International Airport. It is a joint-use airport and is currently served by one scheduled commercial airline, Allegiant Air.
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Scott Air Force Base | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | St. Clair County, United States Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greater St. Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Belleville, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 459 ft / 140 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°32′43″N 089°50′07″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | flymidamerica | ||||||||||||||
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BLV Location of airport in Illinois BLV BLV (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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The airport had 152,278 passenger enplanements in 2018 (302,000 total passengers), according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–21, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport because it surpassed 10,000 annual enplanements. It is the fifth-busiest of the 12 commercial airports In Illinois.