Spirit of St. Louis Airport

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Spirit of St. Louis Airport
IATA: SUS – ICAO: KSUS – FAA: SUS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		St. Louis County
Location		St. Louis, Missouri
Elevation AMSL		463 ft / 141 m
Coordinates		38°39′44″N 090°39′07″W / 38.66222, -90.65194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8L/26R	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
8R/26L	7,485	2,281	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			144,897
Based aircraft			424
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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, United States. It is owned by St. Louis County.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Spirit of St. Louis Airport covers an area of 1,500 acres (526 ha) which 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 ft, an all weather, ILS equipped runway. (2,281 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 144,897 aircraft operations, an average of 396 per day: 91% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 1% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 424 aircraft based at this airport: 55% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 30% jet aircraft and 5% helicopters.^[1]

The airport also hosts the St. Louis County Fair and Air show, where the fair is located on the airport itself, as well as petting zoos, food stands and static displays. The airport is shut down when the air show part is going on. It is hosted every Labor Day weekend Friday-Monday. Due to airport expansion, the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show will not be held at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport after 2007, and the air show will no longer be held due to other location issues.

In 2007, the airport finished a multi-million dollar expansion project to add a parallel taxiway to the north of 26R/8L. This added land is currently available to lease with taxiway access.