Sault Ste Marie Muni/Sanderson Field
ANJ · KANJ · Sault Ste Marie, Michigan · Chippewa County · map
Sault Ste Marie Muni/Sanderson Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sault Sainte Marie, 1 mile southwest of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, 716 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,234 feet of asph-trtd. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KANJ · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 11 knots, gusting to 23
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 9,000 feet, overcast at 11,000 feet
- Weather: nearby thunderstorms, light rain
- Temperature 55°F (13°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KANJ 062155Z AUTO 13011G23KT 10SM VCTS -RA SCT090 OVC110 13/08 A2975 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND S RAB41 PRESFR SLP077 P0000 T01280078 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ANJ · ICAO KANJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sault Sainte Marie
- Elevation
- 716 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,234 × 100 ft | Asph-trtd, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 180 ft
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 178 ft, road 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Anj and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 906-442-4144.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Sault Ste Marie from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan: 1 piston single, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided obstructions which penetrate 20:1 approach surface be removed/lwrd or threshold displaced and marked to provide unobstd 20:1 runway approach surface; VFR use only; all other runway surfaces except runway 14/32 be clearly marked closed; amgr issues aprop notices and insures airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- +5 feet fence, 130 feet dist, 250 feet L/R.
- +6 feet fence, 201 feet dist, 126 feet R.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 28:1 to dthr ovr +10 feet road, 280 feet dist, 292 feet R.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pilots operating in canadian/U.S. class D asp are required to established and mntn TWO-WAY com and obtain air traffic control clnc from Sault Ste Marie the control tower (soo tower 118.8) prior to operating in the class D asp. Traffic adzy ser (118.8) is available in the U.S. class east surface extn 6:30 am to 10:30 pm.
- 50 feet drop off, north end, 200 feet FR runway end.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.