Block Island State Airport

Block Island State Airport 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 2023–2027 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.

Facilities and aircraft
Block Island State Airport covers an area of 136 acre at an elevation of 108 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2502 by.

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.



Accidents at or near BID

 * On November 28, 1989, a New England Airlines Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander crashed at sea 4.1 miles NW off Block Island during an overwater flight on a dark moonless night under a cloud layer. The cause of the accident was undetermined. All 8 passengers and crew perished.