Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base
MI8 · Sault Ste Marie, Michigan · Chippewa County · map
Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Sault Sainte Marie, 2 miles southeast of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, 575 feet above sea level. It has 3 water landing areas.
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What is the airport code for Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is MI8.
Where is Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base?
It is 2 miles southeast of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, 575 feet above sea level.
Does Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Sault Ste Marie International Seaplane Base?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Lake Superior State University and Mooney Flyers INC. Compare them
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MI8
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sault Sainte Marie
- Elevation
- 575 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Lake Huron sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2019
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11W/29W | 7,000 × 300 ft | Water | |
| 15W/33W | 7,000 × 300 ft | Water | |
| 16W/34W | 3,000 × 150 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sault Ste Marie Muni/Sanderson Field (3 nm west), Chippewa County International (16 nm southwest), Mackinac County (40 nm southwest), Luce County (49 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sault Ste Marie Muni/Sanderson Field (3 nm west), Chippewa County International (16 nm southwest), Albert J Lindberg Airport (27 nm south), Drummond Island Airport (37 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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 seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Lake Superior State University 4 aircraft · Sault Sainte Marie, 5 miles away
- Mooney Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Sault Sainte Marie, 5 miles away
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sault Ste Marie 2 aircraft · 1 piston singles, 1 drones
- Lake Superior State University 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Mooney Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 220 landing places
- Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MI8.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.