Westerly State Airport
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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.
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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 | flywesterlyairport | ||||||||||||||
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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.