Iron County
50D · Crystal Falls, Michigan · Iron County · map
Iron County is a public-use airport owned by Iron County, 6 miles southeast of Crystal Falls, Michigan, 1,340 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 3,690 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 50D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Iron County
- Elevation
- 1,340 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,690 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
| 02/20 | 2,700 × 145 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: trees 33 ft high 468 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 22 ft high 350 ft from the end
- Runway 02: trees 30 ft high 40 ft from the end
- Runway 20: tree 45 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Crystal Falls from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Crystal Falls, MI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate non-standard low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - 121.7
- Ropes not provided.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to 36 feet from runway edge.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- 3 feet yellow cones.
- Rough in areas; nmrs cracks in pavement.
- Nmrs cracks and vegetation in pavement.
- No snow removal.
- Airport closed nov 15-APR 15 and when snow covd except for ski equipped aircraft.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.