Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)

Infobox Airport
name = Ford Airport


IATA = IMT
ICAO = KIMT
FAA = IMT
type = Public
owner = Dickinson County
operator =
city-served = Iron Mountain, Michigan
location =
elevation-f = 1,182
elevation-m = 360
website =
r1-number = 1/19
r1-length-f = 6,500
r1-length-m = 1,981
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 13/31
r2-length-f = 3,812
r2-length-m = 1,162
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 7,606
footnotes = Sources: airport web site [http://www.fordairport.org/ Ford Airport] , official web site] and FAAFAA-airport|ID=IMT|use=PU|own=PU|site=09962.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Ford Airport airport codes|IMT|KIMT|IMT is located in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan, three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Iron Mountain, a city in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States. The airport offers scheduled service from one commercial airline which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Ford Airport covers an area of 720 acres (291 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m) and 13/31 measuring 3,812 x 75 ft. (1,162 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 18, 2007, the airport had 7,606 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 57% air taxi, 27% scheduled commercial, 16% general aviation and <1% military.

Airlines and destinations

*Northwest Airlines
**Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Aviation (Detroit, Escanaba, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [LaFave, Audrey. [http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/500794.html?nav=5003 New flight would head downstate] , "Escanaba Daily Press", January 22, 2008]

Charter

*Superior Aviation (Lansing)

References

External links

* [http://www.superioraviation.com/ Superior Aviation]
* Michigan Airport Directory: PDFlink| [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/IMT_18458_7.pdf Ford Airport] |39.8 KiB
* Wisconsin Airport Directory: PDFlink| [http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/docs/airports/iron-mountain-mi.pdf Ford Airport] |135 KiB
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