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Ford Airport is a county owned, public use airport in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States. It is located three miles west of the central business district of Iron Mountain,〔 in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The airport offers scheduled service by one commercial airline which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. It is also a hub for FedEx Feeder operator CSA Air. Ford Airport serves the greater Dickinson County area which includes the cities of Iron Mountain, Kingsford and Norway in Michigan and the bordering Wisconsin communities of Aurora, Florence and Niagara. Its service area also includes portions of Iron and Menominee counties in Michigan and Florence and Marinette counties in Wisconsin. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,998 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 5,475 enplanements in 2009, and 6,943 in 2010.〔 〕 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a ''non-primary regional commercial service'' airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 == Facilities and aircraft == Ford Airport covers an area of 720 acres at an elevation of 1,182 feet. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 6,501 by 150 feet and 13/31 is 3,808 by 75 feet.〔 Runway 1/19 has approved ILS, GPS and LOC/DME approaches. In addition, the Iron Mountain VOR/DME (IMT) navigational facility is located at the field. 〔http://www.airnav.com/airports/kimt〕 For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 7,606 aircraft operations, 27% commercial service, 57% air taxi and 16% general aviation. In 2015, there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 22 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 jet aircraft, and 1 helicopter.〔 Both based and transient general aviation aircraft are supported by the fixed base operator (FBO) Kubick Aviation Services. Ford Airport enhances regional air travel safety by maintaining an Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) 'Index A' trained team and related equipment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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