Stambaugh Airport

Stambaugh Airport, is a public use airport located 1 mi southeast of the central business district of Iron River, a city in Iron County, Michigan, United States. The closest airport with commercial airline service is Ford Airport about 31 mi to the southeast in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned Y73 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA or ICAO. It is not included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025.

Facilities and aircraft
Stambaugh Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 1,618 feet (493 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway; 17/35 is 2,000 by 40 feet (610 x 12 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 2,500 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per week: all of it was general aviation. In November 2023, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine airplanes and 1 ultralight.

The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and no fuel is available.