Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport

Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport (IATA: SSM, ICAO: KANJ, FAA LID: ANJ), also known as Sanderson Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, a city in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.[1]

Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport

Sanderson Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Sault Saint Marie
OperatorSoo Air - FBO
ServesSault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Location2144 Meridian St., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Elevation AMSL716 ft / 218 m
Coordinates46°28′45″N 84°22′06″W
Map
ANJ
Location of airport in Michigan
ANJ
ANJ (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,234 1,595 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015)9,067
Based aircraft (2017)16

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ANJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned ANJ to Zanaga Airport in Zanaga, Republic of Congo[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport covers an area of 400 acres (160 ha) at an elevation of 716 feet (218 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,234 by 100 feet (1,595 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 9,067 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day. In January 2017, there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ANJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective Jan 5, 2017.
  2. KANJ - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 26 November 2009.
  3. ANJ / FCBZ - Zanaga, Republic of Congo. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 26 November 2009.
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