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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 57.8%
DEP / DAY
10
▲ 47.8%

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 10 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
5 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSUW 301000Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02270210

Runways

2 installed

5,100 FT MAX
04/22
5,100 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
14/32
4,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

22
37% of ops
298 land · 287 TO
04
31% of ops
250 land · 226 TO
32
22% of ops
179 land · 143 TO
14
10% of ops
85 land · 97 TO
Runway 22 carries 37% of operations (298 landings, 287 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

22 298 landings
UA 12%
04 250 landings
UA 10%
32 179 landings
UA 6%
14 85 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 22 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (37 UA events from 298 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
17.0
flights/day · 510 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 17.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (17.0 vs 17.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

204 · 47%
35 · 8%
34 · 8%
25 · 6%
18 · 4%
15 · 3%
Activity is led by (47% of 438 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
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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