Block Island State Airport is a public use

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located on

Block Island Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingt ...

, in

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, United States. The airport is owned by the State of Rhode Island. It is primarily a

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airport, but there is also scheduled airline service to

Westerly State Airport Westerly State Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the town of Westerly and is located southeast of its central business district. It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there i ...

. The airport opened in 1950. As per

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records, the airport had 10,384 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, 8,516 enplanements in 2009, and 9,821 in 2010. It is included in the

(FAA)

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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,

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Quonset State Airport Quonset State Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located on Quonset Point, in northeastern North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, adjacent to Narragansett Bay. It is a general aviation airport and there is no scheduled airl ...

and

Facilities and aircraft

Block Island State Airport covers an area of at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 10/28 with an

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surface measuring . For the 12-month period ending 29 February 2020, the airport had 17,014 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 72%

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, 28%

, and <1%

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. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: 3 single-

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and 1 multi-engine.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents at or near BID

*On November 28, 1989, a

New England Airlines New England Airlines is a regional airline based in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA. With a main base at Westerly State Airport, it provides scheduled service to Block Island and operates charters to other airports along the Northeast coast. Hist ...

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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.

References

External links

Block Island State Airport (BID)
page from Rhode Island Airport Corp.
Aerial image as of March 1995
from

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Facilities and aircraft

Airlines and destinations

Accidents at or near BID

See also

References

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