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Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N
-71.57780°W
ARR / DAY
18
▲ 26.8%
DEP / DAY
20
▲ 19.7%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
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).

Current weather

From KGON, 27 mi away (KBID does not publish METAR)

59m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
4 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KGON 110956Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP304 T00890083 $

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

10
55% of ops
262 land · 285 TO
28
45% of ops
211 land · 144 TO
Runway 10 carries 55% of operations (262 landings, 285 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

10 262 landings
UA 7%
28 211 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 · 1,071 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 37.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 996 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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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