Williston Basin International Airport
Airport in Williston, North Dakota, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 nautical miles (17km) northwest of the city.[2]
This article is about the current airport open since 2019. For the airport previously serving Williston, North Dakota, see Sloulin Field International Airport.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | City of Williston, North Dakota[1] | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Williston, North Dakota | ||||||||||||||
Opened | October 10, 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,353 ft / 717 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°15′35″N 103°45′02″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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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.[4]