Airport type Public Website FlyFromIronwood.com 6,502 1,982 Elevation 375 m | Elevation AMSL 1,230 ft / 375 m 9/27 6,502 Code IWD Phone +1 906-932-3121 | |
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Gogebic–Iron County Airport (IATA: IWD, ICAO: KIWD, FAA LID: IWD) is a county owned public use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Ironwood, a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but also offers scheduled passenger service which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Frontier Express provided service to Rhinelander (RHI), continuing on to Milwaukee (MKE) until March 8, 2012. Great Lakes Airlines began Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) service on March 17, 2012, but this was discontinued on January 31, 2014. On April 18, 2014, the DOT awarded a 2-year contract to Air Choice One for service to and from Ironwood to Chicago, Illinois (ORD). Air Choice One began flights to Ironwood on July 7, 2014 and added Minneapolis service in 2016.
As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,524 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,092 in 2009, and 944 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non primary commercial service facility.
Facilities and aircraft
Gogebic–Iron County Airport covers an area of 1,180 acres (478 ha) at an elevation of 1,230 feet (375 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,502 by 120 feet (1,982 x 37 m), with approved ILS, GPS and VOR/DME approaches. In addition, the Ironwood VORTAC (IWD) navigational facility is located at the field.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 5,766 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 61% general aviation, 30% scheduled commercial, 9% air taxi and less than 1% military. In March 2017, there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single-engine, 4 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light.