Gogebic–Iron County Airport


Gogebic–Iron County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles 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, continuing on to Milwaukee until March 8, 2012. Great Lakes Airlines began Minneapolis/St. Paul 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. Air Choice One began flights to Ironwood on July 7, 2014 and added Minneapolis service in 2016.
The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration 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 at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring, with approved ILS, GPS and VOR/DME approaches. In addition, the Ironwood VORTAC navigational facility is located at the field.
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2019, 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 July 2020, there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine and 3 multi-engine.

Airline and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Statistics

RankAirportPassengers
1Chicago–O'Hare, IL3,210
2Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN1,970