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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.

Westerly State Airport
USGS aerial image, April 2001
IATA: WST ICAO: KWST FAA LID: WST
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Rhode Island Airport Corp.
Serves	Westerly, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL	81 ft / 25 m
Coordinates	41°20′59″N 071°48′12″W
Website	westerly.stateairportri.com
Map
WST Location of airport in Rhode Island Show map of Rhode Island WST WST (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 4,010 1,222 Asphalt 14/32 3,960 1,207 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 19,503 Based aircraft 53
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 2017–2021, 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.

History

Westerly State began as a grass strip in the 1920s, and became the second state-owned airport in the United States (after T.F. Green Airport) in the 1940s. The airport was paved and expanded when it became a U.S. Navy base during World War II, due to its prime location halfway between Boston and New York City.

Facilities and aircraft

Westerly State Airport covers an area of 321 acres (130 ha; 1.30 km²) at an elevation of 81 ft (25 m) above mean sea level.

It has two runways with asphalt surfaces:

• Runway 7/25 is 4,010 by 100 ft (1,222 by 30 m)[1]
• Runway 14/32 is 3,960 by 75 ft (1,207 by 23 m)[1]

In 2005, $3,400,000 (equivalent to $4,717,362 in 2021) in federal funding was allocated to repair and improve the main runway and taxiways. As of November 2006, improvements were finished and the main runway is open.

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 19,503 aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day: 68% general aviation, 32% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

This section does not cite any sources. (January 2022)

Airlines	Destinations
New England Airlines	Block Island

References

External links

• Westerly State Airport (WST) page from Rhode Island Airport Corp.
• Airfield photos of Westerly State Airport (WST) from U.S. Civil Air Patrol at the Wayback Machine (archived August 14, 2007)
• Aerial image as of April 2001 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for WST, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for WST
  • AirNav airport information for KWST
  • ASN accident history for WST
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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Der Westerly State Airport (IATA: WST;[1] ICAO: KWST[2]) ist ein öffentlicher Flughafen, welcher sich im Washington County im Bundesstaat Rhode Island befindet. Der Flughafen wird überwiegend durch die Allgemeine Luftfahrt genutzt; es gibt jedoch auch einen planmäßigen Flugbetrieb durch die New England Airlines nach Rhode Island.

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