Block Island State Airport
BID · KBID · Block Island, Rhode Island · Washington County · map
Block Island State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Rhode Island, 1 mile west of Block Island, Rhode Island, 108 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,502 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KBID · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBID 062056Z AUTO 28009KT 10SM CLR 15/01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 6//// T01500011 56006 PNO $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BID · ICAO KBID
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Rhode Island
- Elevation
- 108 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to September, Sunday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to May, Sunday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,502 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 88 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.1 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.75 | |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | |
| Bid and aWOS-3PT | 134.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 401-466-5495.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Block Island from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Block Island, Rhode Island: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Rhode Island.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Obstructions: lighted towers 1 MI northeast of airport, 1/2 MI apart.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Commercial and non Rhode Island registered aircraft.
- +9 feet fence, 0-200 feet from runway end, 150 feet L and 130 feet R.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Overnight parking fee.
- Runway 10/28 safety area not standard southeast
- +15 feet dropoff 130 feet from runway end, 150 left.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.