Westerly State Airport

Westerly State Airport
USGS aerial image, April 2001
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorRhode Island Airport Corp.
ServesWesterly, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL81 ft / 25 m
Coordinates41°20′59″N 071°48′12″W / 41.34972°N 71.80333°W / 41.34972; -71.80333
Websiteflywesterlyairport.com
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 4,010 1,222 Asphalt
14/32 3,960 1,207 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/13/2020)18,617
Based aircraft29
Aerial view (April 2016)

Westerly State Airport (IATA: WST[2], ICAO: KWST, FAA LID: WST) is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the town of Westerly and is located 2 nmi (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southeast of its central business district.[1] It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there is also scheduled airline service to Block Island provided by New England Airlines.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 11,201 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 8,804 enplanements in 2009, and 11,402 in 2010.[4] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[5]

Westerly State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. The other five airports include T.F. Green State Airport, Newport State Airport, North Central State Airport, Quonset State Airport, and Block Island State Airport.

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for WST PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (WST: Westerly State)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. p. 106. Retrieved March 15, 2024.