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 it also offers scheduled passenger service which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-primary commercial service facility. The airport received $30,000 from the US Department of Transportation in 2020 as part of the CARES Act to help it mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. 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 , with approved ILS, GPS and VOR/DME approaches. In addition, the Ironwood VORTAC (IWD) navigational facility is located at the field. The airport closed for 6 weeks in 2020 to perform major construction to the airport's single runway and passenger terminal. The existing surface was milled and a new blacktop applied. Lighting and wiring were placed, and the runway was repainted. For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2022, the airport had 5,766 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 62% general aviation, 30% scheduled commercial, 9% air taxi and less than 1% military. In November 2021, there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine and 3 multi-engine. The airport operates its own FBO, which offers fuel, a lounge and conference room, and courtesy cars. Airline and destinations Passenger Cargo Historical airline service 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 two-year contract to Air Choice One for service to and from Ironwood to Chicago, Illinois (ORD). Air Choice One began flights to Ironwood on July 7, 2014, and added Minneapolis service in 2016. Boutique Air service began on August 1, 2020, with service to both Chicago and Minneapolis. Multiple incidents, including a tire falling off an aircraft and a cargo door opening in flight, led the airport board to seek a new air carrier. The board chose to recommend and the