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Richard I Bong Airport

46.68970°N
-92.09470°W
ARR / DAY
8
26.0%
DEP / DAY
10
13.4%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
11 kts
40°
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
METAR KSUW 041635Z AUTO 04011G15KT 2SM BR OVC002 17/16 A2997 RMK AO2 T01660161

Runway intelligence

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

32
41% of ops
306 land · 277 TO
04
35% of ops
260 land · 267 TO
22
19% of ops
139 land · 118 TO
14
5% of ops
34 land · 60 TO
Runway 32 carries 41% of operations (306 landings, 277 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

32 306 landings
UA 4%
04 260 landings
UA 8%
22 139 landings
UA 7%
14 34 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 32 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 306 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 · 509 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 17.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (11.8 vs 19.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 418 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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