Richard I. Bong Airport

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]

Richard I. Bong Airport
IATA: SUW ICAO: KSUW FAA LID: SUW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Superior
Serves	Superior, Wisconsin
Opened	October 1937 (1937-10)
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
Public transit access	DTA
Map
SUW Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin SUW SUW (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 5,100 1,554 Asphalt 14/32 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022) 19,250 Based aircraft (2024) 46
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

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.^[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

• List of airports in Wisconsin