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Williston Basin International Airport

XWAKXWA

Williston Basin International Airport

Williston, United States
North America
1runway
2,287 mLongest runway
85Aircraft documented

Williston Basin International Airport (IATA: XWA, ICAO: KXWA, FAA LID: XWA) is an airport serving Williston, a city in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is located 9 nmi (17 km) northwest of the city. Williston Basin Airport has two runways and a 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) terminal building. It was built to replace Sloulin Field International Airport, which previously served Williston and had experienced difficulty dealing with the increase in air traffic to Williston amid the North Dakota oil boom. The airport opened to the public on October 10, 2019.

Location

Mapa

48.261°N, 103.751°O · 714 m s. n. m. (2.344 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States
CityWilliston
IATA codeXWA
ICAO codeKXWA
Coordinates48.261°N, 103.751°O
Elevation714 m s. n. m. (2.344 ft)
Runways1
Longest runway2,287 m

Runways · 1

14/32
Length2,287 m7,503 ft
Width46 m151 ft
SurfaceConcrete
Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

What flies here

From our own logbook: 85 aircraft documented between 2021 and 2025.

85Aircraft documented
5,384Movements recorded
2021–2025Years on record

Types seen here

Bombardier CRJ illustrationBombardier CRJ51Airbus A321 illustrationAirbus A3211

Airlines with documented aircraft

SkyWest Airlines 85

Busiest routes from here

MSPMinneapolis727 flightsDENDenver361 flights

A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on September 27, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Williston Basin International Airport (XWA). Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA

MLA

“Williston Basin International Airport (XWA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 27 Sept. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Williston Basin International Airport (XWA).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified September 27, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Williston Basin International Airport (XWA). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA (Accessed: 20 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_xwa,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Williston Basin International Airport (XWA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-20},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XWA |title=Williston Basin International Airport (XWA) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-09-27 |access-date=2026-10-20 |language=en}}