Witham Field
SUA · KSUA · Stuart, Florida · Martin County · map
Witham Field is a public-use airport owned by Martin County, 1 mile southeast of Stuart, Florida, 16 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,828 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSUA · observed 4:47 pm EDT (20:47 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 7 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,000 feet
- Weather: nearby showers
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:32 pm EDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the east at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet (thunderheads), a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
- At times between Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC) and 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, thunderstorms with rain, a broken layer at 3,000 feet (thunderheads) MVFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a few clouds at 3,000 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSUA 062047Z 00000KT 7SM VCSH SCT020 25/24 A2983
TAF KSUA 061732Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW020 BKN100 FM061900 08008KT P6SM VCTS SCT030CB BKN050 BKN100 TEMPO 0621/0624 3SM TSRA BKN030CB FM070200 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 BKN050 BKN120 FM071400 24006KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN050 BKN120 AMD NOT SKED
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SUA · ICAO KSUA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Martin County
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,828 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 07/25 | 4,653 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 460 ft, 5,368 ft available for landing, trees 34 ft high 690 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 28 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 336 ft, 4,464 ft available for landing, trees 47 ft high 1,045 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 900 ft, 4,100 ft available for landing, trees 22 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, tower 61 ft high 2,052 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,355 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.6 | Stuart |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sua and aWOS-3 | 134.475 | Stuart |
| Clearance delivery | 121.025 | Stuart |
| Ground | 121.7 | Stuart |
| Approach and departure South | 132.8 | Stuart |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Stuart |
| Departure procedure (BRNGR) · Departure procedure (SNDLR) | 123.625 | Stuart |
| Ttylr and star | 125.2 | Stuart |
| Vuudu and star | 127.35 | Stuart |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 772-692-7399.
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Aircraft registered in Stuart from the FAA register
177 aircraft are registered to owners in Stuart, Florida: 110 piston singles, 28 business jets, 23 piston twins, 10 turboprops, 5 helicopters. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 29 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- After 2200 activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 12/30- the common traffic frequency.
- Arresting gear/system: engineered materials arresting system (emas) 502 feet in length by 109 feet in width at the departure end of runway 12. Arresting gear/system: engineered materials arresting system (emas) 413 feet in length by 109 feet in width at the departure end of runway 30.
- Runway 34 has 22 feet trees and 8 feet fence 200 feet from the runway end and 150 feet left.
- Runway 12 approach slp 34:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 16 approach slp 30:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 30 approach slp 34:1 to aer.
- Runway 34 approach ratio 35:1 to displaced thld.
- Touch and go operations permitted MON-SAT (except new years, christmas and thanksgiving) 0900 until 2 hours past sunset and are limited to 3 operations per pilot per day.
- Stop and go operations and intersection takeoffs strongly discouraged at all times.
- Stage 1 and 2 jet operations strongly discouraged 11:00 pm to 8:00 am.
- Prior permission required for aircraft exceeding runway WT cpty.
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 5, 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.