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Gogebic–Iron County Airport is a county owned, public use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Ironwood, a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.〔 It is mostly used for general aviation, but also offers scheduled passenger service which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Frontier Express provided service to Rhinelander (RHI), continuing on to Milwaukee (MKE) until March 8, 2012. Great Lakes Airlines began Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) service on March 17, 2012, but this was discontinued on January 31, 2014. On April 18, 2014, the DOT awarded a 2-year contract to Air Choice One for service to and from Ironwood to Chicago, Illinois (ORD). As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,524 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 1,092 in 2009, and 944 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019 categorized it as a basic commercial service airport. == Facilities and aircraft == Gogebic–Iron County Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,501 by 120 feet (1,982 x 40 m), with approved ILS, GPS and VOR/DME approaches. In addition, the Ironwood VORTAC (IWD) navigational facility is located at the field. 〔http://www.airnav.com/airports/kiwd〕 For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 5,464 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 65% general aviation, 26% scheduled commercial, 9% air taxi, and <1% military. In 2015, 17 aircraft were based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light. 〔 On April 18, 2014, it was formally announced that Air Choice One would assume Essential Air Service for IWD with flights to Chicago. 〔 Air Choice One began flights to Ironwood on July 7, 2014. 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「Gogebic–Iron County Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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