Sioux Gateway Airport

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sioux Gateway Airport
Sioux Gateway Airport-2006-USGS.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KSUX
IATA code SUX
Coordinates

42 ° 24 '11 "  N , 96 ° 22' 48"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 '11 "  N , 96 ° 22' 48"  W.
Height above MSL 334 m (1096  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 8.2 miles south of Sioux City
Street Interstate 29
Basic data
operator Airport Authority of Sioux City
surface 996 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 28,137 (Departures)
Flight
movements 		18,852 (2016)
Runways
13/31 2744 m × 46 m concrete
17/35 2012 m × 46 m asphalt



i7

i11 i13

The Sioux Gateway Airport ( IATA : SUX , ICAO : KSUX ), also known as Colonel Bud Day Field known is the airport of Sioux City in Woodbury County in western US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . The continuously open and city-owned airport is located at the intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota .

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) classifies the airport, which is part of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, as a primary commercial service airport based on the number of 28,137 departing passengers (in 2011) .

location

The airport is located directly on the Missouri , which forms the border with Nebraska. The South Dakota border is 11 miles northwest. Sioux City is 8.2 miles north and is accessible via Interstate 29 .

Furnishing

The airport has two runways , each with a concrete or asphalt surface. There is a passenger terminal with two gates equipped with passenger boarding bridges . In the main building there is a baggage handling system with an issuing point, next to which several rental car companies have their bases.

Airplanes and aircraft movements

A total of 71 aircraft are stationed at the airport. Of these, 45 are single-engine fan guns, 16 jet jets and one helicopter. Nine military aircraft are also stationed there.

Of the 57 flight movements per day, 10 percent can be assigned to scheduled air traffic , 61 percent to general aviation and 13 percent to air taxi traffic. There are also around 16 percent military flight movements.

Airlines and destinations

American Airlines operates a scheduled service from here to Chicago with two daily departures.

Military use

The airfield was laid out for the US Army Air Forces in 1942 after entering the Second World War . In 1946 the airfield was taken over by the Air Force Reserve Command . In the same year an Air National Guard unit was stationed here.

incident

On 19 July 1989, it came at a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of United Airlines ( air vehicle registration N1819U ) on the way from Denver to Philadelphia to a complete hydraulic failure. The aircraft could then only be controlled by means of the engine thrust and crashed on the runway during the emergency landing, killing 110 of the 285 passengers and a flight attendant. This accident is one of the most noticed in American aviation history, as a television team from the local station KTIV, located near the tarmac, filmed the attempt to land and the plane crash (see also United Airlines flight 232 ) .

Web links

Commons : Sioux Gateway Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Sioux Gateway / Colonel Bud Day Field. GCR1.com, accessed September 8, 2017 .
  2. ↑ FAA - Calendar Year 2011 Enplanements for US Airports (PDF; 1.8 MB). Accessed December 8, 2014
  3. ↑ Sioux Gateway Airport - Terminal overview plan ( Memento of the original dated December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 8, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / flysux.com
  4. ↑ Sioux Gateway Airport - Car Rentals ( Memento of the original dated December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 8, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / flysux.com
  5. ↑ AirNav.com - KGRB Accessed on December 8, 2014
  6. ^ US Air Force Historical Research Agency - Document No. 00178204 Retrieved December 8, 2014
  7. ↑ Emergency crews hold disaster drill on Flight 232 crash anniversary ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ktiv.com from July 20, 2012, accessed on April 12, 2014 (English). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ktiv.com
  8. ↑ SIOUX CITY TV STATION ANGERED OVER USE OF CRASH FOOTAGE , AP news archive online from July 22, 1989, accessed on April 12, 2014 (English).