# Block Island State Airport (BID / KBID)

**Block Island State Airport** (IATA: BID, ICAO: KBID) is a small airport in Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. It opened in 1950. It has one runway, 2,502 ft (763 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 40 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbid

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BID / KBID
- FAA: BID
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Block Island, Rhode Island, United States
- Opened: 1950
- Elevation: 108 ft / 33 m
- Coordinates: 41.1684, -71.5786
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,502 ft / 763 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 39,657 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://blockisland.stateairportri.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Island_State_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597483
- Weather station: KBID
- Ident: KBID

## Timeline

- 1950: Block Island State Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,502 ft / 763 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 084° / 264° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 25,357 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 34,426 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 32,500 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 34,452 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 35,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 25,150 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 33,367 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 28,790 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 27,439 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 24,720 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 39,657 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [WST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwst.md) Westerly State Airport · United States · 17 mi / 28 km · New England Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [NYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6n7.md) New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base · United States · 129 mi / 207 km · Tropic Ocean Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BID, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- EJ [New England Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/new-england-airlines) · 1
- [Tropic Ocean Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropic-ocean-airways) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 40K (2025) | #2,177 of 3,974 | #503 in North America | #341 in US |
| Longest runway | 2,502 ft / 763 m | #20,461 of 29,858 | #9,061 in North America | #7,802 in US |
| Elevation | 108 ft / 33 m | =36,571 of 43,403 | =16,590 in North America | =13,892 in US |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =2,491 in North America | =2,432 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [WST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwst.md) Westerly State Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [MTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtp.md) Montauk Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [CT80](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ct80.md) Stonington Airpark · 20 mi / 32 km
- [08R](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08r.md) Richmond Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [CT21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ct21.md) Sunnyvale Field · 24 mi / 39 km
- [FID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k0b8.md) Elizabeth Field · 24 mi / 39 km

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #35

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Block Island State Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Block_Island_State_Airport&oldid=1374650373), revision of 13 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbid/data