Block Island State Airport

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Block Island State Airport
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Block Island State Airport July 2015
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Rhode Island
OperatorRhode Island Airport Corporation
Serves Block Island, Rhode Island
OpenedJuly 15, 1950
(74 years ago) (1950-07-15)
Time zone EST (UTC-05:00:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-04:00:00)
Elevation  AMSL 108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates 41°10′05″N071°34′40″W / 41.16806°N 71.57778°W / 41.16806; -71.57778
Website flyblockislandairport.com
Map
Block Island State Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
10/282,502763 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.

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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.

Facilities and aircraft

Block Island State Airport covers an area of 136 acres (55 ha; 0.55 km2) at an elevation of 108 ft (33 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,502 by 100 ft (763 by 30 m). [1]

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. [1]

Cape Air Britten-Norman Islander on the tarmac Cape Air Britten-Norman Islander, Block Island State Airport, RI.JPG
Cape Air Britten-Norman Islander on the tarmac

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
New England Airlines Westerly [6]
Fly The Whale Westerly [7]
Tropic Ocean Airways Seasonal: New York Seaplane Base

Accidents at or near BID

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  6. ↑ "New England Airlines flight schedules" . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Turmelle, Luther (17 October 2024). "East Haven-based airline launches new flight routes from Westerly to Block Island amid building boom". New Haven Register .
  8. ↑ Accident descriptionfor N127JL at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on September 1, 2023.
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