# Gogebic Iron County Airport (IWD / KIWD)

**Gogebic Iron County Airport** (IATA: IWD, ICAO: KIWD) is a small airport in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 6,502 ft (1,982 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IWD / KIWD
- FAA: IWD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ironwood, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,230 ft / 375 m
- Coordinates: 46.5253, -90.1316
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,502 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 15,156 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Menominee
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogebic%E2%80%93Iron_County_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274027
- Weather station: KIWD
- Ident: KIWD

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Gogebic Iron County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 9,226 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,419 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 10,464 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,577 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,223 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 9,456 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 14,225 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 13,703 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 13,942 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 15,156 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 188 mi / 302 km · Denver Air Connection
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 333 mi / 536 km · Denver Air Connection

### Cargo (2)

- [IMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kimt.md) Ford Airport · United States · 108 mi / 174 km · Ameriflight, Freight Runners Express
- [LAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klan.md) Capital Region International Airport · United States · 376 mi / 605 km · Ameriflight, Freight Runners Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IWD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 2
- FRG [Freight Runners Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freight-runners-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2025) | #2,538 of 3,974 | #605 in North America | #417 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | =4,064 of 29,858 | =1,000 in North America | =759 in US |
| Elevation | 1,230 ft / 375 m | =14,637 of 43,403 | =6,332 in North America | =4,936 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 125.175 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 133.550 |
| RDO | GREEN BAY RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [6WI4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6wi4.md) Saxon Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [2WI5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2wi5.md) Blair Lake Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [D25](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kd25.md) Manitowish Waters Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [4R5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k4r5.md) Major Gilbert Field Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [KBDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdj.md) Boulder Junction Payzer Airport · 35 mi / 57 km
- [3WN2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3wn2.md) Old Dairy Airport · 37 mi / 59 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Gogebic–Iron County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gogebic–Iron_County_Airport&oldid=1375569870), revision of 18 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwd/data