Richard I. Bong Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Superior | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Superior, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 1937 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 674 ft / 205 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°41′23″N 092°05′41″W / 46.68972°N 92.09472°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access | DTA | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
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.