Sioux Gateway Airport Colonel Bud Day Field |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Sioux Gateway Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Sioux City, Iowa | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,098 ft / 335 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°24′09″N 096°23′04″W / 42.40250°N 96.38444°WCoordinates: 42°24′09″N 096°23′04″W / 42.40250°N 96.38444°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Location of airport in Iowa/United States | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 20,768 |
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Based aircraft | 64 |
Sioux Gateway Airport (IATA: SUX, ICAO: KSUX, FAA LID: SUX), also known as Colonel Bud Day Field, is a public and military use airport in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) south of the central business district of Sioux City, just west of Sergeant Bluff. On May 25, 2002 the airport was named in honor of United States Air Force Colonel George Everette "Bud" Day, a Sioux City, Iowa native who is the only person ever awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 28,137 enplanements in calendar year 2011, an increase of 13.91% from 24,701 in 2010.
The airport is home to the 185th Air Refueling Wing (185 ARW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the Iowa Air National Guard, flying the KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as Sioux City Air National Guard Base.