KIWD
Gogebic Iron County Airport
VFR
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Name
Gogebic Iron County Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KIWD / IWD / KIWD
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- Region
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Timezone
8:05 am (CST)
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Municipality
Ironwood
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Coordinates
46° 31′ 39″ N 90° 7′ 53″ E
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Elevation
1’230 ft (375 m MSL)
About Gogebic Iron County Airport
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 it also offers scheduled passenger service which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-primary commercial service facility.
The airport received $30,000 from the US Department of Transportation in 2020 as part of the CARES Act to help it mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.