Gogebic/Iron County
IWD · KIWD · Ironwood, Michigan · Gogebic County · map
Gogebic/Iron County is a public-use airport owned by Gogebic County, 5 miles nne of Ironwood, Michigan, 1,230 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,502 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,766 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7,018 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KIWD · observed 5:56 pm CDT (22:56 UTC), 34 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.70 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:22 pm CDT (23:22 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 24,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west at 11 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 23,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 16 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 21,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 18,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIWD 062256Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP056 T02110111
TAF KIWD 062322Z 0700/0724 27007KT P6SM BKN240 FM071600 27011G19KT P6SM FEW230 FM071800 28016G25KT P6SM FEW210 FM072300 29012G22KT P6SM SCT180
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 IWD · ICAO KIWD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gogebic County
- Elevation
- 1,230 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 7:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,502 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 97 ft high 2,817 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 104 ft high 4,578 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Iwd and aWOS-3PT | 125.175 | |
| Ironwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 906-932-4039.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,766, 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 Ironwood from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Ironwood, Michigan: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 2 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
- Various wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09; PAPI runway 09; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Waived with fuel purchase.
- Airport signs may be snow covd drg winter months.
- Be alert for paew drg snow removal.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) personnel mnt the common traffic frequency drg all scheduled air carrier operations.
- Airport personnel mnt the common traffic frequency drg all scheduled air carrier operations to provide surface condition rprts drg winter weather.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -26C.
- Surface conditions unmon 9:00 pm to 5:00 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.