COVID-19 Testing at New Bedford Regional Airport Extended Through March 2022

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport has been extended through March 2022 and has added an additional day of testing on Jan. 5 to accommodate post-holiday demand.

Effective Jan. 2, 2022, Project Beacon—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—will continue offering COVID-19 testing at 1569 Airport Road on its current schedule:

 

  • Sundays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Mondays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

That schedule will continue through March 31, 2022. Additionally, Project Beacon has added a day of testing—from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022—in expectance of large demand after holiday gatherings.

Appointments for free COVID-19 tests can be made at beacontesting.com. Airport officials ask that people reach the site via the airport’s side entrance on Downey Street.

All local COVID-19 vaccine and testing locations will be closed on Dec. 24, Dec. 25, and Dec. 31, 2021, and on Jan. 1, 2022.

Other testing sites in New Bedford and surrounding towns can be found on the state’s Stop the Spread website, www.mass.gov/info-details/find-a-covid-19-test.

Holiday testing locations in New Bedford include:

Sunday, Dec. 19:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 20:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 21:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 22:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Seven Hills at PAACA (360 Coggeshall St.) – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 23:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 26:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 27:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 28:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 29:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Seven Hills at PAACA (360 Coggeshall St.) – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 30:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.