Westerly

WST · KWST

Westerly State Airport

41.35°, -71.80°RI, United States

Passengers a year

31.1K

#237 busiest in the U.S.

1

nonstop destinations

3

airlines

12

departures a day

46.9%

load factor

Westerly State (WST) airport diagram — runway and taxiway layout, drawn to scale
Airfield layout — 2 runways, longest 4,010 ft, 39 taxiways, 81 ft elevation.

Airlines

New England Airlines is the largest carrier at Westerly, with 80% of all passengers. 3 airlines fly from here.

Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport

New England Airlines holds 80% of the airport — the 22nd most concentrated of 120 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is KWN at 80%.

AirlineSharePassengers
NEW
New England Airlines46% full
80.1%24.9K
2NQ
Fly The Whale55% full
19.7%6.1K
TJ
Tradewind Aviation36% full
0.2%67

Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand.

Destinations

1 nonstop destination from Westerly, all domestic.

100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers

Top domestic destinations

  • Block Island (BID)

    15.7K departing · 47% full

    New England Airlines · Fly The Whale

All nonstop destinations

1 nonstop · 2 airlines · 1 domestic / 0 intl

Aircraft

By share of departures at Westerly.

  • Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2

    3,368 departures · 46% full

    79.1%

  • Cessna 208 Caravan

    675 departures · 55% full

    15.8%

  • Piper PA-32

    208 departures · 33% full

    4.9%

  • Pilatus PC-12

    9 departures · 36% full

    0.2%

When Westerly is busiest

Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.

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Departures a month · peak August 2025

Annual passengers since 2002

Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.

Passengers a year

Every year
2002
3,377
2003
15,549
2004
13,650
2005
15,256
2006
15,761
2007
19,237
2008
21,485
2009
17,274
2010
21,157
2011
19,066
2012
20,601
2013
20,795
2014
24,349
2015
23,359
2016
34,410
2017
32,504
2018
34,407
2019
35,146
2020
25,074
2021
33,243
2022
28,627
2023
27,164
2024
24,599
2025
39,612
2026
14,596 so far

Frequently asked

How busy is Westerly State Airport (WST)?

Westerly State Airport handled about 31.1K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #237 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 12 departures a day.

Which airline is the largest at Westerly State Airport (WST)?

New England Airlines is the largest carrier at Westerly (WST), flying about 80% of its passengers. 3 airlines serve Westerly in total.

How many places can you fly nonstop from Westerly State Airport (WST)?

Westerly (WST) has 1 nonstop destination, all domestic.

What aircraft flies most from Westerly State Airport (WST)?

The Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2 flew the largest share of departures from Westerly (WST), about 79% of the total.

Departing counts passengers leaving Westerly. Data: traffic August 2025 – July 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).