Block Island State Airport satellite view

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KBID · BID

Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N

-71.57780°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 38.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 10.9%

ON-TIME

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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 23 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 6 carriers across 23 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

42m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

3 kts

60°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

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METAR KBID 121356Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP217 T02330128 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

1,416 land · 1,188 TO

44% of ops

1,113 land · 457 TO

Runway 28 carries 56% of operations (1,416 landings, 1,188 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

28 1,416 landings

UA 17%

10 1,113 landings

UA 9%

Approaches to 28 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (243 UA events from 1,416 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

60.4

flights/day · 1,813 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 2pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 60.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (84.1 vs 54.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 1,638 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

07/23/2007

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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