XWA

Williston Basin International Airport

ICAO KXWA48.2609°N 103.7512°W2,356 ft / 718 mMedium airport
On the map

Williston Basin International Airport (IATA: XWA, ICAO: KXWA) is a medium airport in Williston, North Dakota, United States. It opened in Aug 2019. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,503 ft (2,287 m). In 2025 it handled 209 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2019–2019
AUG 2019
OpenedWilliston Basin International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
14/32148° / 328° · LIT
LENGTH7,503 ft2,287 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
04/22052° / 232° · LIT
LENGTH4,502 ft1,372 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2020–2025
63K
93K
132K
162K
198K
209K
202122232425

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsUnited Express 1Sun Country Airlines 1Encore Air Cargo 1FedEx Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from XWA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Williston Basin International Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers209K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,520of 3,974 · #338 North America · #225 USLongest runway7,503 ft2,287 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,107of 29,823 · =666 North America · #494 USElevation2,356 ft718 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,408of 43,341 · =3,452 North America · =2,647 USAgeOpened 20192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,827of 15,079 · =11,058 North America · =10,919 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record