Ford Airport
IMT · KIMT · Iron Mountain Kingsford, Michigan · Dickinson County · map
Ford Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dickinson County, 2 miles west of Iron Mountain Kingsford, Michigan, 1,182 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 6,502 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 36 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,966 takeoffs and landings a year. About 19,489 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KIMT · observed 4:54 pm CDT (21:54 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 10 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIMT 062154Z AUTO 22010G20KT 10SM CLR 23/09 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 20027/2103 SLP051 T02330089
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IMT · ICAO KIMT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dickinson County
- Elevation
- 1,182 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,810 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,376 ft available for landing
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Imt and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.025 | |
| Iron Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 121.25 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 906-774-1999.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,966, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Iron Mountain Kingsford from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Iron Mountain Kingsford, MI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- Air carrier operations gtr than 9 passenger seats NA if not WI 15 minimums of scheduled arrival/departure time except by prior cdn with amgr and cfmn rescue and firefighting (ARFF) is available prior to takeoff/landing.
- Deer, coyotes, and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19 and 31; PAPI runway 19 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for JET/TURBO-JET and prop aircraft over 12500LBS is 1500' above ground level.
- UNICOM ireg mntd.
- Runway 13/31 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) crews mnt the common traffic frequency/UNICOM drg all air carrier operations.
- Snow removal crews mnt the common traffic frequency/UNICOM drg all air carrier operations to provide surface condition rprts.
- Field conditions unmon oct 15 through apr 1 between 9:00 pm to 6:00 am.
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.