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Block Island State Airport

41.16810°N
-71.57780°W
ARR / DAY
18
52.6%
DEP / DAY
25
44.8%
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 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 21 routes. The most active carrier is Cobalt AIR (CNS). The busiest route is to Portsmouth International at Pease Airport (KPSM).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
5 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBID 231256Z AUTO 07005KT 8SM OVC003 19/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP110 T01940189 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
56% of ops
493 land · 330 TO
10
44% of ops
392 land · 361 TO
Runway 28 carries 56% of operations (493 landings, 330 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

28 493 landings
UA 12%
10 392 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 28 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (58 UA events from 493 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
62.8
flights/day · 1,883 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 62.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (94.2 vs 53.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 1,689 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
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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