Spirit of St. Louis Airport KSUS / SUS
The St. Louis region's corporate airport in Chesterfield, 35 minutes from Downtown and close to the west-county corporate campuses. CBP on site, a 7,500 ft runway and a large FBO; far quieter than Lambert.
7,485 ft
Longest runway
35 min
Drive to St. Louis
2
FBOs / handlers
463 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 35 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Gulfstream/Global class.
- Website
- www.spiritairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Spirit of St. Louis (formerly TAC Air)
- Spirit Jets FBO (verify)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 7,485 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) needs 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft