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Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N
-71.57780°W
ARR / DAY
28
9.3%
DEP / DAY
34
11.1%
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 28 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 27 routes. The most active carrier is Cobalt AIR (CNS). The busiest route is to Westchester County Airport (KHPN).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
8 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBID 160156Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02000161 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

28
58% of ops
958 land · 610 TO
10
42% of ops
681 land · 586 TO
Runway 28 carries 58% of operations (958 landings, 610 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

28 958 landings
UA 13%
10 681 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 28 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (123 UA events from 958 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
63.9
flights/day · 1,916 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 63.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (76.9 vs 62.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 1,710 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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