| Spirit of St. Louis Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | St. Louis County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 463 ft / 141 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°39′44″N 90°39′7″W / 38.66222°N 90.65194°W / 38.66222; -90.65194 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | spiritairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Spirit of St. Louis Airport (IATA: SUS, ICAO: KSUS, FAA LID: SUS) is a public airport located 17 miles (27 km) west of the central business district of St. Louis, in St. Louis County, Missouri, in the city of Chesterfield, United States. It is owned by St. Louis County and named after the famous Spirit of St. Louis aircraft.
Facilities and aircraft
Spirit of St. Louis Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres (530 ha) and contains two parallel runways: 8L/26R measuring 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m) and 8R/26L measuring 7,485 x 150 (2,281 x 46 m), an all-weather, ILS-equipped runway.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 143,570 aircraft operations, an average of 393 per day: 88% general aviation, 10% air taxi, <1% military and <1% commercial. At that time, there were 295 aircraft based at this airport: 180 single-engine, 37 multi-engine, 69 jet, 7 helicopter, 1 glider and 1 ultra-light.
In 2007, the airport finished a multimillion-dollar expansion project to add a parallel taxiway to the north of 8L/26R. This added land is currently available to lease with taxiway access.
The Spirit of St. Louis Air Show returned to the airport, May 3–4, 2014, after being absent since 2007. It featured an interactive STEM Expo and a Veteran's Village. The US Navy Blue Angels headlined the event.
See also
References
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for SUS PDF, effective December 28, 2023.
- "STEM Kicks the Tires and Lights the Fires in Chesterfield May 3-4". 25 February 2014.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SUS
- AirNav airport information for KSUS
- ASN accident history for SUS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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