Block Island State Airport satellite view

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KBID · BID

Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N

-71.57780°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 75.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 77.7%

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 8 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 8 routes. The most active carrier is Cobalt AIR (CNS). The busiest route is to Monmouth Executive Airport (KBLM).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

12 kts

80°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KBID 251956Z AUTO 08012G16KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02170139 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

54% of ops

1,272 land · 849 TO

46% of ops

1,064 land · 759 TO

Runway 28 carries 54% of operations (1,272 landings, 849 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

28 1,272 landings

UA 17%

10 1,064 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 28 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (222 UA events from 1,272 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

53.7

flights/day · 1,611 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 53.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (73.2 vs 48.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 1,474 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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