Stambaugh Airport
Y73 · Iron River, Michigan · Iron County · map
Stambaugh Airport is a public-use airport owned by Iron County, 1 mile sse of Iron River, Michigan, 1,618 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y73
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Iron County
- Elevation
- 1,618 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,000 × 40 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 17: trees 24 ft high 345 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Iron River from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Iron River, Michigan: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 1 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate non-standard runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; non-standard low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - 121.9.
- Ropes not provided.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to lctn 25 feet from runway edge. Threshold lights located outboard from runway edge.
- +10 feet trees, 0-199 feet dist, 120 feet R.
- Non-standard runway end identifier lights omnidirectional.
- Non-standard runway end identifier lights omnidirectional.
- 100 feet DROP-OFF aft each runway end.
- Runway 17/35 dnslp from south to north.
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.