Door County Cherryland Airport (IATA: SUE, ICAO: KSUE, FAA LID: SUE) is a county owned, public use airport in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Door County Cherryland Airport is home to the Door County Civil Air Patrol Senior Squadron (WI-197). The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 630, Peninsula Flyers, is also based at the airfield.

Facilities and aircraft

Door County Cherryland Airport covers an area of 406 acres (164 ha) at an elevation of 724 feet (221 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 is 4,599 by 75 feet (1,402 x 23 m) and 10/28 is 3,199 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 10, 2009, the airport had 34,950 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 1% military. In 2016, there were 38 aircraft based at this airport: 32 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 2 jet and 3 ultralight.

Door County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,785. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay.

The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangerous passage, which is now scattered with shipwrecks, was known to early French explorers and local Native Americans. Because of the natural hazards of the strait, where the waters of Green Bay meet the open body of Lake Michigan, they gave it the French appellation Porte des Morts, which in English means "Death's Door."

Door County is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for residents of Wisconsin and Illinois.

History

The Door County peninsula has been inhabited for about 11,000 years. Artifacts from an ancient village site at Nicolet Bay Beach have been dated to about 400 BC. This site was occupied by various cultures until about 1300 AD.

The 18th and 19th centuries saw the immigration and settlement of pioneers, mariners, fishermen and farmers, with the first white settler being Increase Claflin. Economic sustenance came from lumbering and tourism.