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KWST · WST

Westerly State Airport

41.34960°N
-71.80340°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 48.8%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 49.3%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
7d window

Westerly State Airport (KWST/WST) is a small regional airport located in Westerly, RI, 38 mi south west of Providence. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,010 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 6 routes. The most active carrier is Action Airlines (Action AIR Charter) (AXQ). The busiest route is to Groton New London Airport (KGON).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

37m ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
5 kts
60°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR KWST 271553Z AUTO 06005KT 1 1/4SM -RA BR OVC008 18/17 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP064 P0004 T01780172

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

25
30% of ops
256 land · 282 TO
32
29% of ops
240 land · 122 TO
07
24% of ops
198 land · 256 TO
14
18% of ops
148 land · 102 TO
Runway 25 carries 30% of operations (256 landings, 282 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 29%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

25 256 landings
UA 15%
32 240 landings
UA 10%
07 198 landings
UA 25%
14 148 landings
UA 26%
Approaches to 25 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 256 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
48.8
flights/day · 1,463 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 1pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 48.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (56.5 vs 48.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (49% of 1,298 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 119.450 —
APCH 319.200 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 132.375 —
WOODSTOC 124.850 —
OTHER 124.850 —
WOODSTOC 307.900 —
OTHER 307.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
15° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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