FORD AIRPORT – IRON MOUNTAIN, MI January 24, 2013
Tim Howen – Airport Manager Dickinson County Commercial Operations since 1949 Strong economic life factors
Service by Delta to Minneapolis, MN Over 11,000 passengers in 2011 and growing Enplanements Yield Funding $1 Million in Capital Improvement Annually Two Fixed Based Operators Superior Aviation Kubick Aviation FedEx / CSA Cargo Operations Valley Med – Medical Transport
Economic Benefit Business traveler convenience Leisure travel Military travel Government Travel
Major Employers that Export Employed 2010Employed 2011Employed 2012 Verso475 Northern Star Industries Grede Foundries Champion, Inc.354 Oldenburg Group, Inc.175 LP Corporation146 MJ Electric Other Employers Employed 2010Employed 2011Employed 2012 Dickinson Health Care System Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital Breitung Township Schools Iron Mountain Schools Gunville Trucking, Inc.130 US Special Delivery110 Coleman Engineering94 Great American Disposal/Loadmaster70
Commercial Service is a Dickinson County Asset Economic Study Participation