MBA as a Wifi hotspot without other connection

Hi. I am running a web server on my MBA and I would like others to be able to connect to this server. For security reasons, I can't run a server on a specific network.
I would like to disconnect my MBA from WiFi, turn it into a WiFi hotspot that others can connect to, and then they can navigate to my web server in their browser.
I realize that my MBA and all of the devices connected to it would no longer have access to the internet, only my web server.
is this possible?

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