St. Louis TRACON (T75), St. Charles, Missouri, USA 298,728 annual operations in 2017 (FAA ATADS)
Located 3 miles north of the Spirit of St. Louis airport (SUS), the T75 TRACON controls all traffic in and out of the Greater St. Louis area.
The T75 airspace encompasses a large area extending 40nm from St. Louis Lambert Int’l (STL), from the surface up to and including 15,000. The T75 TRACON also controls the Scott Shelf, located to the Southeast, up to 6,000ft. Class B airspace exists with tops of 8,000 over the Greater St. Louis area.
Most of the procedures are RNAV and contain both speed and altitude restrictions, taking a lot of weight off the controllers. Arriving aircraft must still be vectored to their final approach course.
F - Final (default)
N - North Arrival (unavailable)
S - South Arrival (unavailable)
D - Departure (unavailable)
L - Low/Satellite (unavailable)
St. Louis Lambert International
194,173 annual operations
Originally a balloon launching base, Lambert Field became the first airport with an air traffic control system; The first controller, Archie League, communicated with pilots by waving flags. Since then, the airport has grown and become the busiest airport in Missouri, with three main parallel runways and one crosswind runway. In calm winds, runway 30R/12L is the main arrival runway and 30L/12R the primary departure runway. In heavy traffic, runway 29/11 is also used for both departures and arrivals. Simulatenous approaches are permitted to runways 30R/12L and 29/11.
Spirit of St. Louis Airport
118,452 annual operations
14.2nm Southwest of KSTL
The airport is named after the single engine aircraft “Spirit of St. Louis”, flown by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, on the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The airport has two parallel runways and is used primarily for general and corporate aviation.
St. Louis Downtown Airport
109,557 annual operations
14.7nm Southeast of KSTL
Located only 1 mile from downtown St. Louis, the airport is used by many business aircraft visiting the region.
St. Charles County Smartt Airport
60,720 annual operations
11.2nm North of KSTL
Used as a Navy Training site during World War II, Smartt field is now a small airport used almost exclusively for general aviation.
St. Louis Regional Airport
39,828 annual operations
17.4nm Northeast of KSTL
St. Louis Regional is a small general aviation airport located 4 miles east of Alton, Illinois.
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport / Scott AFB
25,854 annual operations
27.9nm Southeast of KSTL
MidAmerica Airport is co-located on the grounds of Scott Air Force Base; The Northern side is used for civilian operations and Southern side is owned by the U.S. Air Force. It was originally built in 1997 as a reliever airport for STL.