August 28, 2018 - Block Island
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From Montauk, I maintained my same east-northeast heading, went feet wet, and continued across 16 nautical miles of ocean to Block Island. And there it is!
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My first ever look at Block Island.
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| The airport is in the upper left center. At upper center is the Great Salt Pond, filled with boats. Clearly, that's where the action is. |
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Some nice houses on the south cliffs,overlooking the ocean.
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| I circled the island counter-clockwise. I had my iPad hooked up to the Scout, and was receiving air traffic information via ADS-B in. It was working pretty well. |
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| The Great Salt Pond off to the west. |
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| The Old Harbor, where the ferry boats pull in. |
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This was a sight I would see often for the rest of the day: hundreds of boats anchored in harbors, bays and ponds.
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| I landed uneventfully at Block Island airport. They had a guy directing airplane parking. Bethany's Airport dinner, the on-field restaurant, was jammed. It was only 11:00AM or so, and I was planning on eating at Martha's Vineyard so I passed on Bethany's. I'm guessing it is pretty good though, given all the people. |
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New England Airlines turbo-prop twins like this one fly between Westerly, Rhode Island and Block Island hourly in the summer. It's a 15 nautical mile flight. $109 round trip/$59 one-way.
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| A prime parking spot. Block Island does have a landing fee, but the airport manager only charged me $5 since I only stayed a few minutes. I asked him how busy things got and he said, "it's not bad now but later this afternoon it will be like the Battle of Britain overhead!" |
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