Richard I. Bong Airport | |
Iata: | SUW |
Icao: | KSUW |
Faa: | SUW |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Superior |
City-Served: | Superior, Wisconsin |
Timezone: | CST |
Summer: | CDT |
Elevation-F: | 674 |
Coordinates: | 46.6897°N -92.0947°W |
Publictransit: | DTA |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Wisconsin |
Pushpin Label: | SUW |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 4/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,100 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 14/32 |
R2-Length-F: | 4,001 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 19,250 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2024) |
Stat2-Data: | 46 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Richard I. Bong Airport 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. 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]
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: 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.
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 June 2024, there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine and 8 multi-engine.
The BONG (SUW) non-directional beacon, 260 kHz, is located on field.