Richard I Bong Airport
SUW · KSUW · Superior, Wisconsin · Douglas County · map
Richard I Bong Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Superior, 3 miles south of Superior, Wisconsin, 674 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSUW · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.66 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSUW 062015Z AUTO 26010KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A2966 RMK AO2 T02500115
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 SUW · ICAO KSUW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Superior
- Elevation
- 674 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.45 | |
| Suw and aWOS-3 | 120.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-394-0283.
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.
Aircraft registered in Superior from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Superior, Wisconsin: 30 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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 Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04, 14, and 32 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and runway 14/32 preset to low sunset to sunrise, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Deer on and vicinity of airport.
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.