Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)


Ford Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States. It is located three miles west of the central business district of Iron Mountain, in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The airport offers scheduled passenger service by one commercial airline, an affiliate of Delta Connection, which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. It is also a hub for FedEx Feeder operator CSA Air.
Ford Airport serves the greater Dickinson County area which includes the cities of Iron Mountain, Kingsford and Norway in Michigan and the bordering Wisconsin communities of Aurora, Florence and Niagara. Its service area also includes portions of Iron and Menominee counties in Michigan and Florence and Marinette counties in Wisconsin.
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Ford Airport covers an area of 720 acres at an elevation of 1,182 feet. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 6,501 by 150 feet and 13/31 is 3,808 by 75 feet. Runway 1/19
has approved ILS, GPS and LOC/DME approaches. In addition, the Iron Mountain VOR/DME navigational facility is located at the field.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 6,966 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 62% air taxi, 21% commercial service and 17% general aviation. In July 2020, there were 33 aircraft based at this airport; 22 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 2 jet and 1 helicopter. Both based and transient general aviation aircraft are supported by the fixed-base operator Kubick Aviation Services.
Ford Airport enhances regional air travel safety by maintaining an Aircraft Rescue
and Firefighting 'Index A' trained team and related equipment.

Airline and destinations

Passenger

Top destinations

Cargo operations