Chippewa County International
CIU · KCIU · Sault Ste Marie, Michigan · Chippewa County · map
Chippewa County International is a public-use airport owned by Chippewa County Econ Dev CORP, 15 miles south of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, 799 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,203 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CIU · ICAO KCIU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Chippewa County Econ Dev CORP
- Elevation
- 799 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,203 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 57 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 51 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Chippewa and rco | 122.6 | Chippewa |
| Ciu and aWOS-3PT | 127.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 906-495-1156.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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 · 2 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16; runway end identifier lights runway 34, 10, and 28; PAPI runway 16, 34, 10, and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights and PAPI runway 34 operates continuously DEC-MAR; PAPI runway 10 and 28 operates continuously drg daylight hours.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left of centerline.
- Cntr 150 feet is asphalt, rmng outside edges are concrete.
- Exp snow removal act daily DEC-MAR.
- Vehicle testing inpr drg winter months on sections of closed/abndd parl taxiway, southeast of approach end runway 34. Area may be plowed to bare surface but unavailable for arrival or departure.
- Ficons unmon 9:00 pm to 7:00 am.
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.