Richard I. Bong Airport (IATA: SUW, ICAO: KSUW, FAA LID: SUW) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Superior, a city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Superior | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Superior, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 674 ft / 205 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°41′23″N 092°05′41″W / 46.68972°N 92.09472°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  DTA | ||||||||||||||
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Also known as Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport,[3] it is named after World War II fighter pilot Richard I. Bong, the highest scoring U.S. fighter ace in history.
Facilities and aircraft
editRichard I. Bong Airport covers an area of 654 acres (265 ha) at an elevation of 674 feet (205 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the primary runway 4/22 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) and the crosswind runway 14/32 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m), all with approved GPS approaches.[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2022, the airport had 19,250 aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and less than 1% military. In August 2024, there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine and 8 multi-engine.[1]
The BONG (SUW) non-directional beacon, 260 kHz, is located on field.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for SUW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 8, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport". City of Superior. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
External links
edit- Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport at City of Superior website
- "Aerial photo / diagram" (PDF). at Wisconsin DOT airport directory
- Superior Flying Services, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SUW, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SUW
- AirNav airport information for KSUW
- ASN accident history for SUW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures