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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
15
59.1%
DEP / DAY
18
61.8%

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 15 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
6 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSUW 121935Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2988 RMK AO2 T02730146

Runway intelligence

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

22
39% of ops
244 land · 269 TO
32
27% of ops
173 land · 141 TO
04
24% of ops
150 land · 131 TO
14
10% of ops
66 land · 71 TO
Runway 22 carries 39% of operations (244 landings, 269 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

22 244 landings
UA 10%
32 173 landings
UA 4%
04 150 landings
UA 14%
14 66 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 22 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 244 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
15.7
flights/day · 472 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 15.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (13.0 vs 17.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 399 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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