Saline County Regional Airport

Saline County Regional Airport (ICAO: KSUZ, FAA LID: SUZ) is a county-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) east of the central business district of Benton, a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The airport's address is 1100 Hill Farm Road in Bryant, Arkansas.[2] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Saline County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSaline County
ServesBenton, Arkansas
LocationBryant, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL390 ft / 119 m
Coordinates34°35′25″N 092°28′46″W
Map
SUZ is located in Arkansas
SUZ
SUZ
Location of airport in Arkansas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations57,500
Based aircraft62

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned SUZ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned SUZ to Suria Airport in Papua New Guinea).[5]

History

The airport is located on a 1,200-acre (490 ha) site donated to Saline County by ALCOA in August 2002. Construction began in November 2002 and the airport opened on March 12, 2007. The existing Saline County Airport (FAA LID: M99), also known as Watts Field, was closed after the new airport opened.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Saline County Regional Airport has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2021, the airport had 57,500 aircraft operations, an average of 157 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 62 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 6% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for SUZ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 1 December 2022.
  2. "Saline County Airport". Saline County, Arkansas. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010.
  4. "Saline County Regional Airport (FAA: SUZ, ICAO: KSUZ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  5. "Suria Airport, Papua New Guinea (IATA: SUZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  6. "Saline County Regional Airport". Saline County Regional Airport. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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