Rhode Island
South County
Town of New Shoreham

Block Island State Airport

During the winter months Block Island is the very picture of a sleepy, seaside town, with a local population of around 900 people. In summer, the island's population explodes to nearly 10,000 at any given time, and many thousands more on busy weekends or holidays.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “BID” and “KBID”
  • Address: 1 Center Road, New Shoreham, RI 02807

Places of Interest

Highlights include Block Island and Block Island Southeast Lighthouse.

Photo: Doodybutch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
During the winter months is the very picture of a sleepy, seaside town, with a local population of around 900 people. In summer, the island's population explodes to nearly 10,000 at any given time, and many thousands more on busy weekends or holidays.

Museum
Photo: Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Block Island Southeast Light is a lighthouse located on Mohegan Bluffs at the southeastern corner of , . It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1997 as one of the most architecturally sophisticated lighthouses built in the in the 19th century.

School
is a K-12 school located in , . Established in 1933, it replaced five one-room schools. Today, the educates approximately 160 students, from kindergarten through senior year.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Shoreham.

Town
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Block Island is an island of the Outer Lands coastal archipelago in , located approximately 9 miles south of mainland and 14 miles east of Long Island's Montauk Point.

Block Island State Airport

Latitude
41.16825° or 41° 10′ 6″ north
Longitude
-71.57742° or 71° 34′ 39″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Inception
June 1950
Operator
Rhode Island Airport Corp.
IATA airport code
BID
ICAO airport code
KBID
Open location code
87HC5C9F+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 495906627
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5220981
Wiki­data ID
Q597483
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Block Island State Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Block Island State Airport”
  • Chinese: “布洛克島州立機場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ولايه جزيره بلوك”
  • French: “aérodrome de Block Island”
  • French: “BID”
  • German: “Block Island State Airport”
  • Indonesian: “BID”
  • Indonesian: “KBID”
  • Japanese: “ブロック島州空港”
  • Persian: “BID”
  • Persian: “KBID”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ایالتی جزیره بلاک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Block Island”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Block Island State”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи эёлат ҷазира блок”
  • Urdu: “بلاک جزیرہ اسٹیٹ ہوائی اڈا”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rossis Swamp and Indian Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Block Island State Airport”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.