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SUN Meaning

SUN Airport Meaning

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SUN Meaning:

SUN stands for Friedman Memorial Airport


Located in Hailey, Idaho, SUN (Friedman Memorial Airport) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of SUN's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) Characteristics:

      City: Hailey
      State: Idaho
      FAA: Friedman Memorial Airport
      IATA: SUN
      ICAO: KSUN
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


SUN is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding SUN, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

SUN meaning is Friedman Memorial Airport.

Friedman Memorial Airport can be abbreviated as SUN.

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