Saline County Regional Airport
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Saline County Regional Airport
| image = Benton SUZ.jpg
| IATA =
| ICAO = KSUZ
| FAA = SUZ
| type = Public
| owner = Saline County
| operator =
| city-served = Benton, Arkansas
| location = Bryant, Arkansas
| elevation-f = 390
| elevation-m = 119
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|34|35|25|N|092|28|46|W|region:US-AR|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Arkansas#USA
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Arkansas
| pushpin_label = SUZ
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 2/20
| r1-length-f = 5,001
| r1-length-m = 1,524
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2021
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 57,500
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 62
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=SUZ|use=PU|own=PU|site=00886.39*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 1 December 2022.
}}
Saline County Regional Airport {{airport codes||KSUZ|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. The airport's address is 1100 Hill Farm Road in Bryant, Arkansas.
{{cite web
| url = https://www.salinecountyregionalairport.com/
| title = Saline County Airport
| publisher = Saline County, Arkansas
| accessdate = 4 December 2022
}}
It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| date = 4 October 2010
}}
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 but has no designation from the IATA
{{cite web
| url = http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KSUZ
| title = Saline County Regional Airport (FAA: SUZ, ICAO: KSUZ, IATA: none)
| publisher = Great Circle Mapper
| accessdate = 17 October 2011
}}
(which assigned SUZ to Suria Airport in Papua New Guinea).
{{cite web
| url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=SUZ
| title = Suria Airport, Papua New Guinea (IATA: SUZ)
| publisher = Aviation Safety Network
| accessdate = 17 October 2011
}}
History
The airport is located on a {{convert|1200|acre|ha|sing=on|lk=out}} 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 {{airport codes|||M99}}, also known as Watts Field, was closed after the new airport opened.
{{cite web
| url = https://www.salinecountyregionalairport.com/pages/about.php
| title = Saline County Regional Airport
| publisher = Saline County Regional Airport
| accessdate = 4 December 2022
}}
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).
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.
See also
References
External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=34.5566,-92.6069&daddr=34.5904,-92.4794&sll=34.5566,-92.6069&sspn=0.015975,0.028281&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12 Map showing directions from Watts Field to Saline County Regional Airport]
- {{FAA-procedures|SUZ}}
- {{US-airport-minor|SUZ}}
{{AR-Airports|state=expanded}}
Category:Transportation in Saline County, Arkansas
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