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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
11
162.1%
DEP / DAY
10
121.2%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 11 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
5 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSUW 281835Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2995 RMK AO2 T02440178

Runway intelligence

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

04
35% of ops
220 land · 205 TO
22
35% of ops
219 land · 195 TO
32
21% of ops
130 land · 101 TO
14
10% of ops
62 land · 68 TO
Runway 04 carries 35% of operations (220 landings, 205 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

04 220 landings
UA 9%
22 219 landings
UA 13%
32 130 landings
UA 7%
14 62 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 04 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 220 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
15.8
flights/day · 474 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 15.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (14.6 vs 17.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 406 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)

1
Dlthian
5/1/2009
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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