Airports / Michigan / IWD
Gogebic Iron County Airport
KIWD / IWDIronwood, MichiganELEV 1,230 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#11 / 47
Michigan airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 85 Google ratings — ranked against 47 rated MI fields.
60 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI).
Overview
Gogebic Iron County Airport (KIWD / IWD) sits in Ironwood, Michigan, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 1,230 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
IWD has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI, 60 nm), Sawyer County Airport (HYR, 62 nm), and Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX, 78 nm).
Quotes for flights out of IWD vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from IWD, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Terminal & facilities
5/5 reviews“It's very clean & neat too.”
Kathryn F Taylor5★ on Google
Easy in & out
4/5 reviews“This airport and crew is so personable and efficient.”
Christine Luxton5★ on Google
Staff & service
2/5 reviews“They kept us advised as the status updated and tried to do the best they could to accommodate a crew of unhappy passengers.”
Christine Luxton5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Gogebic Iron County Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KIWD
IATA
IWD
FAA / Local
IWD
Elevation
1,230 ft
Coordinates
46.5253° N · 90.1316° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs MI fields
state range 580–1,328 ft
At 1,230 ft, IWD sits higher than 94% of the 48 Michigan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 60nmRHIRhinelander Oneida County AirportRhinelander
- 62nmHYRSawyer County AirportHayward
- 78nmCMXHoughton County Memorial AirportHancock
- 87nmDLHDuluth International AirportDuluth
- 94nmIMTFord AirportKingsford
- 98nmAUWWausau Downtown AirportWausau
Location
Open the full mapKIWD · Gogebic Iron County Airport · Ironwood, MI
From the ramp
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