Block Island State Airport

Block Island State Airport
Block Island State Airport July 2015
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Rhode Island
OperatorRhode Island Airport Corporation
ServesBlock Island, Rhode Island
OpenedJuly 15, 1950 (1950-07-15)
Time zoneEST (UTC-05:00:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-04:00:00)
Elevation AMSL108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates41°10′05″N 071°34′40″W / 41.16806°N 71.57778°W / 41.16806; -71.57778
Websiteflyblockislandairport.com
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 2,502 763 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/29/2020)17,014
Based aircraft (2020)4

Block Island State Airport (IATA: BID[2], ICAO: KBID, FAA LID: BID) is a public use airport located on Block Island, in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The airport is owned by the State of Rhode Island.[1] It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there is also scheduled airline service to Westerly State Airport. The airport opened in 1950.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,384 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 8,516 enplanements in 2009, and 9,821 in 2010.[4] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[5]

Block Island State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, the other five being T.F. Green State Airport, Newport State Airport, North Central State Airport, Quonset State Airport and Westerly State Airport.

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for BID PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (BID: Block Island)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 18 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011.
  5. ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 6 October 2022. p. 106. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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