Spirit of St. Louis Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Spirit of St. Louis Airport


IATA = SUS
ICAO = KSUS
FAA = SUS
type = Public
owner = St. Louis County
operator =
city-served =
location = St. Louis, Missouri
elevation-f = 463
elevation-m = 141
coordinates = coord|38|39|44|N|090|39|07|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 8L/26R
r1-length-f = 5,000
r1-length-m = 1,524
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 8R/26L
r2-length-f = 7,485
r2-length-m = 2,281
r2-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 144,897
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 424
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=SUS|use=PU|own=PU|site=12082.5*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Spirit of St. Louis Airport Airport codes|SUS|KSUS|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.

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 convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on, an all weather, ILS equipped runway. (2,281 x 46 m).

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.

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.

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*US-airport-ga|SUS