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 2021–2025, 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 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 674 ft / 205 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°41′23″N 092°05′41″W | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Richard 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: 4/22 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) and 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 14, 2019, 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 July 2022, there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 44 single-engine and 8 multi-engine.[1]
The BONG (SUW) non-directional beacon, 260 kHz, is located on field.
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