Block Island State Airport satellite view

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KBID · BID

Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N

-71.57780°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 61.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 45.2%

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 29 arrivals and 33 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 Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now

Temp

70°F

Wind

5 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KBID 312356Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM BKN090 BKN120 21/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 6//// T02060156 10222 20200 55002 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

67% of ops

583 land · 406 TO

33% of ops

286 land · 207 TO

Runway 28 carries 67% of operations (583 landings, 406 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

28 583 landings

UA 13%

10 286 landings

UA 4%

Approaches to 28 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (78 UA events from 583 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

59.7

flights/day · 1,791 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 4pm · 8pm

Day vs night

69%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 59.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (78.8 vs 55.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 1,622 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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