AirportsWilliston Basin International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Williston, in North Dakota, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is XWA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- XWA
- ICAO code
- KXWA
- City
- Williston
- State or region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 48.2609° N, 103.7512° W
- Elevation
- 714 m (2,344 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,287 m (7,503 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, XWA means Williston Basin International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KXWA. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.2609° N, 103.7512° W. It stands 714 metres (2,344 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Williston, about 16 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Williston Basin International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,287 metres (7,503 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 284.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,287 m 7,503 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney - Richland Regional AirportSidney | SDY | 70 km |
| L M Clayton AirportWolf Point | OLF | 136 km |
| Dawson Community AirportGlendive | GDV | 148 km |
| Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional AirportDickinson | DIK | 178 km |
| Minot International AirportMinot | MOT | 183 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,473 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,519 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,580 km | 14 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,757 km | 8 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,506 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,003 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,883 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,774 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,797 km | 17 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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