SUX

Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field

ICAO KSUX42.3976°N 96.3822°W1,099 ft / 335 mMedium airport
On the map
Sioux Gateway Airport-2006-USGS
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (IATA: SUX, ICAO: KSUX) is a medium airport in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,002 ft (2,744 m). In 2025 it handled 59 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1942–1989
1942
OpenedSioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field opens.
19 JUL 1989
DisasterAviation accident.
19 JUL 1989
DisasterUnited Airlines Flight 232.111 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
13/31136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH9,002 ft2,744 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
18/36181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH6,401 ft1,951 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2025
54K
53K
73K
84K
90K
95K
34K
63K
52K
54K
57K
59K
121516171819202122232425

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SUX. From the Wikipedia article “Sioux Gateway Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers59K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,026of 3,974 · #466 North America · #314 USLongest runway9,002 ft2,744 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,785of 29,823 · =374 North America · =275 USElevation1,099 ft335 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=16,278of 43,341 · =7,163 North America · =5,669 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DSIOUX CITY APP/DEP124.600
ATISATIS119.450
CTAFCTAF118.700
GNDGND121.900
OPSANG COMD POST37.310
RDOFORT DODGE RDO122.450
TWRSIOUX CITY TWR118.700
UNICUNICOM122.950