Block Island State Airport satellite view

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KBID · BID

Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N

-71.57780°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 26.8%

DEP / DAY

▲ 19.7%

ON-TIME

—

schedules pending

AVG DELAY

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7d window

Block Island State Airport (KBID/BID) is a small regional airport located in Block Island, RI, 46 mi south of Providence. It features 1 runway measuring 2,502 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 16 routes. The most active carrier is Cobalt AIR (CNS). The busiest route is to Westchester County Airport (KHPN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago

Temp

55°F

Wind

9 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

SPECI KBID 111135Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM FEW002 13/06 A3044 RMK AO2 PNO $

Runways

1 installed

2,502 FT MAX

10/28

2,502 ft × 100

ASPH-E○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

56% of ops

262 land · 285 TO

44% of ops

210 land · 144 TO

Runway 10 carries 56% of operations (262 landings, 285 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 44%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

10 262 landings

UA 7%

28 210 landings

UA 14%

Approaches to 10 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 262 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

35.7

flights/day · 1,070 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 7pm · 8pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 35.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (36.9 vs 36.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (48% of 995 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.000	—
APCH	125.750	—
APCH	319.200	—
UNICOM	123.000	—
AWOS	134.775	—
OTHER	120.100	—
CD/P	120.100	—
OTHER	124.850	—
WOODSTOC	124.850	—
OTHER	307.900	—
WOODSTOC	307.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZBW
Mag var:: 15° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

paulcfi

7/23/2007

Block Island

One of my favorite places to visit. Single runway, approx 2500ft long. no fuel. limited parking. one mile downhill walk to town. great restaurants and shopping. Always a crosswind. Runway 10/28 has a southwest wind all summer and a northwest wind all winter.

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