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SUX Meaning

SUX Airport Meaning

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SUX Meaning:

SUX stands for Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field)


Located in Sioux City, Iowa, SUX (Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field)) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of SUX's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field) (SUX) Characteristics:

      City: Sioux City
      State: Iowa
      FAA: Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field)
      IATA: SUX
      ICAO: KSUX
      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).


SUX is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding SUX, 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)

SUX meaning is Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field).

Sioux Gateway Airport (Col. Bud Day Field) can be abbreviated as SUX.

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