AirportsBlock Island State Airport is a small airport serving Block Island, in Rhode Island, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BID.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BID
- ICAO code
- KBID
- City
- Block Island
- State or region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 41.1684° N, 71.5786° W
- Elevation
- 33 m (108 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 763 m (2,502 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BID means Block Island State Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KBID. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 41.1684° N, 71.5786° W. It stands 33 metres (108 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Providence, about 74 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Block Island State Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 763 metres (2,502 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 653.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 763 m 2,502 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Westerly State AirportWesterly | WST | 28 km |
| Montauk AirportMontauk | MTP | 30 km |
| Newport State AirportNewport | NPT | 47 km |
| Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportProvidence/Warwick | PVD | 63 km |
| New Bedford Regional AirportNew Bedford | EWB | 77 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,618 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,378 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,828 km | 13 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,358 km | 6 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 194 km | 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,154 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,266 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,904 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,201 km | 20 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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