Block Island State Airport Explained

Block Island State Airport
Iata:BID
Icao:KBID
Faa:BID
Type:Public
Owner:State of Rhode Island
Operator:Rhode Island Airport Corporation
City-Served:Block Island, Rhode Island
Timezone:EST
Utc:UTC-05:00:00
Summer:EDT
Utcs:UTC-04:00:00
Elevation-F:108
Coordinates:41.1681°N -71.5778°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:11
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-F:2,502
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 2/29/2020)
Stat1-Data:17,014
Stat-Year:2020
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2020)
Stat2-Data:4
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Block Island State Airport 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. 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,[2] 8,516 enplanements in 2009, and 9,821 in 2010.[3] 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.[4]

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Block Island State Airport covers an area of 136acres at an elevation of 108feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2502by.

For the 12-month period ending 29 February 2020, the airport had 17,014 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 72% air taxi, 28% general aviation, and <1% military. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: 3 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.

Accidents at or near BID

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
  4. Web site: NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A . . March 15, 2024 . October 6, 2022 . 106.

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