# Westerly State Airport (WST / KWST)

**Westerly State Airport** (IATA: WST, ICAO: KWST) is a medium airport in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It opened in Dec 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,010 ft (1,222 m). In 2025 it handled 40 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwst

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WST / KWST
- FAA: WST
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Westerly, Rhode Island, United States
- Opened: Dec 1939
- Elevation: 81 ft / 25 m
- Coordinates: 41.3496, -71.8034
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,010 ft / 1,222 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 39,612 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://westerly.stateairportri.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerly_State_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7987415
- Weather station: KWST
- Ident: KWST

## Timeline

- Dec 1939: Westerly State Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 4,010 ft / 1,222 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 053° / 233° | yes |
| 14/32 | 3,960 ft / 1,207 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 34,410 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 32,504 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 34,407 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 35,146 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 25,074 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 33,243 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 28,627 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 27,164 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 24,599 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 39,612 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbid.md) Block Island State Airport · United States · 17 mi / 28 km · Fly The Whale

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WST, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- EJ [New England Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/new-england-airlines)

### Passenger (1)

- Fly The Whale · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 40K (2025) | #2,179 of 3,974 | #504 in North America | #342 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,010 ft / 1,222 m | =9,498 of 29,858 | =3,712 in North America | =3,098 in US |
| Elevation | 81 ft / 25 m | =37,702 of 43,403 | =17,080 in North America | =14,222 in US |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =343 in North America | =322 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | PROVIDENCE APP/DEP | 119.450 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.375 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [GON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgon.md) Groton New London Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [NCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koqu.md) Quonset State Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [NPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuuu.md) Newport State Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 32 mi / 52 km
- [EWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewb.md) New Bedford Regional Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [HFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khfd.md) Hartford Brainard Airport · 51 mi / 83 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Westerly State Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westerly_State_Airport&oldid=1362741369), revision of 5 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwst/data