Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport

Not to be confused with Sault Ste. Marie Airport.
Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport
Sanderson Field
IATA: SSM – ICAO: KANJ – FAA LID: ANJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Sault Saint Marie
Serves Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Elevation AMSL 716 ft / 218 m
Coordinates 46°28′45″N 84°22′06″W / 46.47917°N 84.36833°WCoordinates: 46°28′45″N 84°22′06″W / 46.47917°N 84.36833°W
Map
SSM

Location of the airport in Michigan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,234 1,595 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 9,067
Based aircraft 9

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]

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, 2008, the airport had 9,067 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day. At that time there were 9 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for ANJ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 22 October 2009.
  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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