Richard I. Bong Airport

Richard I. Bong Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Superior
ServesSuperior, Wisconsin
OpenedOctober 1937 (1937-10)
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
  Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL674 ft / 205 m
Coordinates46°41′23″N 092°05′41″W / 46.68972°N 92.09472°W / 46.68972; -92.09472
Public transit access DTA
Map
SUW
Location of airport in Wisconsin
SUW
SUW (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
14/32 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022)19,250
Based aircraft (2024)46

Richard I. Bong Airport (IATA: SUW, ICAO: KSUW, FAA LID: SUW) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Superior, a city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.

Also known as Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport, it is named after World War II fighter pilot Richard I. Bong, the highest scoring U.S. fighter ace in history.