Block Island State Airport

Block Island State Airport
Block Island State Airport July 2015
IATA: BID ICAO: KBID FAA LID: BID
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Rhode Island
Operator	Rhode Island Airport Corp.
Serves	Block Island, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL	108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates	41°10′05″N 071°34′40″W / 41.16806°N 71.57778°W / 41.16806; -71.57778Coordinates: 41°10′05″N 071°34′40″W / 41.16806°N 71.57778°W / 41.16806; -71.57778
Website	blockisland.stateairportri.com
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 2,502 763 asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 16,503 Based aircraft 4
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Block Island State Airport (IATA: BID, 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. 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, 8,516 enplanements in 2009, and 9,821 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

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.

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