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. It has about 4 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 15,762 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11,006 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Block Island State Airport?
Its FAA code is BID, and its ICAO code is KBID.
Where is Block Island State Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Block Island, Rhode Island, 108 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Block Island State Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,502 feet long, asphalt.
Does Block Island State Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Block Island State Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Westerly State, Teterboro, Bridgeport/Sikorsky, Washington Dulles International, Lebanon Municipal. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Block Island State Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Block Island State Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, parachute jumping
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Westerly State Airport (15 nm northwest), Groton-New London Airport (23 nm northwest), Newport State Airport (26 nm northeast), Quonset State Airport (27 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Westerly State Airport (15 nm northwest), Richmond Airport (19 nm north), Groton-New London Airport (23 nm northwest), Newport State Airport (26 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Rhode Island · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4,258 departures from BID in those twelve months, carrying 15,315 passengers in 33,448 seats (46% filled), to 16 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 16 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 3 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,762, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 12,209 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,025 |
| general aviation, local | 516 |
| military | 12 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Rhode Island.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (15 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Block Island 5 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Little Wing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 28 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Rhode Island 166 since 1982 · 18 in the last ten years
- Westerly State (WST) 4,238 flights in twelve months · New England Airlines Inc., LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Teterboro (TEB) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Bridgeport/Sikorsky (BDR) 2 flights in twelve months · LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Lebanon Municipal (LEB) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 1 flights in twelve months · LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Rhode Island 7 landing places
- Rhode Island 361 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BID.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.