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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
9
34.8%
DEP / DAY
9
1.6%

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 9 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSUW 280935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN010 12/10 A3012 RMK AO2 T01160099

Runway intelligence

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

32
36% of ops
155 land · 141 TO
04
30% of ops
127 land · 133 TO
22
29% of ops
123 land · 115 TO
14
6% of ops
24 land · 32 TO
Runway 32 carries 36% of operations (155 landings, 141 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

32 155 landings
UA 5%
04 127 landings
UA 9%
22 123 landings
UA 5%
14 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 155 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
16.6
flights/day · 497 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 16.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (14.1 vs 18.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 408 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
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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