Block Island State Airport
| Block Island State Airport | |||||||||||
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 Block Island State Airport July 2015 | |||||||||||
| IATA: BID – ICAO: KBID – FAA LID: BID | |||||||||||
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| 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°WCoordinates: 41°10′05″N 071°34′40″W / 41.16806°N 71.57778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | blockisland.stateairportri.com | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  BID  BID Location of airport in Rhode Island/United States | |||||||||||
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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.
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 2017–2021, 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) 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).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 30, 2010, the airport had 16,503 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 61% general aviation, 38% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine and 25% multi-engine.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| New England Airlines | Westerly |
| Tropic Ocean Airways | Seasonal: New York Seaplane Base |
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for BID (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (BID: Block Island)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ↑ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
External links
- Block Island State Airport (BID) page from Rhode Island Airport Corp.
- Airfield photos of Block Island State Airport (BID) from U.S. Civil Air Patrol at the Wayback Machine (archived August 14, 2007)
- Aerial image as of March 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BID, effective November 10, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BID
- AirNav airport information for KBID
- ASN accident history for BID
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures