Spirit Of St. Louis Airport
SUS · KSUS · St Louis, Missouri · St Louis County · map
Spirit Of St. Louis Airport is a public-use airport owned by St Louis County, 17 miles west of St Louis, Missouri, 463 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08R/26L, is 7,486 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 304 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 137,894 takeoffs and landings a year. About 116 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
Its FAA code is SUS, and its ICAO code is KSUS.
Where is Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
It is 17 miles west of St Louis, Missouri, 463 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08R/26L, is 7,486 feet long.
Does Spirit Of St. Louis Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Atlantic City International, Naples Municipal, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Belize City, Easterwood Field. Every route
Are there flight schools at Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including St Louis Flying Club INC and Mooney Spirit Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Spirit Of St. Louis Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 16 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Spirit Of St. Louis Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SUS · ICAO KSUS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St Louis County
- Elevation
- 463 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,273 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08R/26L | 7,486 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08L/26R | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08R: ILS, VASI, two boxes on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 7,225 ft available for landing
- Runway 26L: ILS, VASI, two boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 481 ft, 7,005 ft available for landing
- Runway 08L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26R: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 31 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.75 | Spirit |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sus and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.8 | Spirit |
| Ground · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.7 | Spirit |
| Clearance delivery | 133.1 | Spirit |
| Approach and departure | 126.5 | Spirit |
| Buudd and star | 119.15 | Spirit |
| Delma and star | 128.1 | Spirit |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 314-890-7255.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Creve Coeur Airport (8 nm northeast), St. Louis Lambert International (14 nm east), Washington Regional (17 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Flight notification service (adcus) available 5:00 pm to 8:30 am MON-FRI; 24 hours Saturday and Sunday.
- ATC-CTL. high-intensity runway lights runway 08R/26L preset on med intst 11:00 pm to 6:00 am; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08L/26R preset on low intst 11:00 pm to 6:00 am. To incr intst aft 2300 and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 08R and 26L - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude runway 08R/26L prop 1237 feet above ground level, runway 08L/26R prop 837 feet above ground level. Pattern altitude jets 1537 feet above ground level.
- Runway 08L/26R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. And parallel and connecting taxiway closed to part 121 air carrier operations.
- Runway 08R/26L closed to tgl.
- Be alert; noise sensitive areas to the south of airport.
- Taxiway B between southeast and northwest entrance to west ramp, taxiway B northwest taxiway a from the dstc of 200 feet to 700 feet and taxiway Z not vsb by tower.
- Nmrs and ints helicopter operations on airport.
- Int C closed indefinitely between taxiway east and runway 08L/26R.
- Noise abatement procedures: for departure stage iii aircraft use 08L/26R 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- All MAINT-HI pwr eng RUN-UPS use gnd RUN-UP enclosure on taxiway D.
- Taxilane B between south entrance west ramp and taxiway Z closed.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 12 departures from SUS in those twelve months, carrying 52 passengers in 151 seats (34% filled), to 12 destinations (2 abroad) on 2 airlines.
All 12 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 188 |
| multi-engine | 38 |
| jets | 69 |
| helicopters | 7 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 137,894, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 19 |
| air taxi and commuter | 19,777 |
| general aviation, travelling | 54,198 |
| general aviation, local | 62,524 |
| military | 1,376 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in St Louis from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in St Louis, Missouri: 15 piston singles, 4 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- St Louis Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Ellisville, 6 miles away
- Mooney Spirit Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Ballwin, 7 miles away
- Mlc Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Peters, 9 miles away
- Phantom Works Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Saint Peters, 9 miles away
- Boeing Employees Flying Club St Louis 1 aircraft · Saint Charles, 12 miles away
- Red Cub Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Charles, 12 miles away
- Spirits of Aviation Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · O Fallon, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 16 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 6 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 18 training center evaluators, 23 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- John Scott Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chesterfield, MO (1 nm) · (314) 308-5875 · [email protected]
- Lindsey Erin Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Creve Coeur Airport · Saint Louis, MO (9 nm) · (314) 308-8700 · [email protected]
- Daniel Reed private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wentzville, MO (13 nm) · (314) 497-9829 · [email protected]
- David Walter Chilenski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Saint Louis, MO (19 nm) · (314) 221-2190 · [email protected]
- William Lovell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Winfield, MO (22 nm) · (636) 515-3005 · [email protected]
- Forrest Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Ideal Aviation · Sauget, IL (23 nm) · (765) 401-0777 · [email protected]
All 75 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 76 since 1982, 9 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in St Louis 24 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 4 business jets, 2 piston twins
- Saint Louis University 2 aircraft in town
- St Louis Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Mooney Spirit Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mlc Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Atlantic City International (ACY) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Naples Municipal (APF) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Belize City (BZE) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Easterwood Field (CLL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Grand Cayman (GCM) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Snow Lake (IN2) 1 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 76 since 1982 · 9 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 218 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,818 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SUS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 22, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.