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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Richard I Bong Airport (KSUW/SUW) is a small general aviation airport located in Superior, WI, 130 mi north of Saint Paul. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,100 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
6 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSUW 271555Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM OVC005 16/15 A2973 RMK AO2 T01630148

Runways

2 installed

5,100 FT MAX
04/22
5,100 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
14/32
4,001 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

04
42% of ops
396 land · 375 TO
22
34% of ops
313 land · 252 TO
32
16% of ops
147 land · 129 TO
14
8% of ops
78 land · 87 TO
Runway 04 carries 42% of operations (396 landings, 375 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 34%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

04 396 landings
UA 10%
22 313 landings
UA 13%
32 147 landings
UA 7%
14 78 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 04 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 396 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
12.0
flights/day · 361 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 12.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (14.4 vs 11.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

146 · 48%
28 · 9%
19 · 6%
14 · 5%
14 · 5%
13 · 4%
Activity is led by (48% of 302 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 125.450 —
APCH 233.700 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 120.350 —
CD/P 124.800 —
OTHER 124.800 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Dlthian
05/01/2009
Learned to fly at the Richard I Bong " Ace of Aces " airport
Small well run airport. Be sure to talk to Bill Amorde in the FBO. Bill is a local legend in flying and has FAA ratings as long as your arm. The guy has done it all, Planes, Balloons, Gliders, Helicopters !!!
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