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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
4
42.6%
DEP / DAY
5
34.5%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSUW 090235Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2983 RMK AO2 T02160200

Runway intelligence

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

04
43% of ops
258 land · 269 TO
32
40% of ops
242 land · 228 TO
22
12% of ops
73 land · 61 TO
14
6% of ops
34 land · 52 TO
Runway 04 carries 43% of operations (258 landings, 269 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

04 258 landings
UA 7%
32 242 landings
UA 5%
22 73 landings
UA 10%
14 34 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 04 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 258 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
13.5
flights/day · 406 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 13.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (8.0 vs 16.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 338 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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