KIWD · Gogebic Iron County Airport

IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN · SMALL AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

1,230

Elevation ft

Runway

6,502

Longest ft · 09/27

46.53N

90.13W

Gogebic Iron County Airport serves Ironwood, Michigan at 1,230 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 6,502 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
09/27	6,502 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,230 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	1,230 ft	2,678 ft	2,240 ft	3,360 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,430 ft	2,912 ft	2,366 ft	3,550 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,630 ft	3,146 ft	2,493 ft	3,739 ft
35°C afternoon	3,925 ft	3,204 ft	2,524 ft	3,786 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 6,502 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,786 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KIWD is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KASX John F Kennedy Memorial Airport	33 nm W	5,197 ft
KARV Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field	40 nm SE	5,150 ft
KPBH Price County Airport	50 nm S	5,220 ft
KEGV Eagle River Union Airport	51 nm SE	5,000 ft
KRHI Rhinelander Oneida County Airport	60 nm SE	6,800 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KIWD

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KIWD, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KIWD or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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