Sault Ste. Marie Airport (IATA: YAM, ICAO: CYAM) is an international airport located 8.0 nautical miles (14.8 km; 9.2 mi) west-southwest of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada at the far eastern end of Lake Superior and the beginning of the St. Mary's River.

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Sault Ste. Marie Airport
IATA: YAM ICAO: CYAM WMO: 71260
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation
Location	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	632 ft / 193 m
Coordinates	46°29′06″N 084°30′34″W
Website	saultairport.com
Map
CYAM Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario CYAM CYAM (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 6,000 1,829 Asphalt 12/30 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Number of passengers 211,277 Aircraft movements 57,376

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The Canadian government opened the airport in 1961 and operated it until 1998, when it handed control over to the newly formed Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation (SSMADC) under the terms of the National Airports Policy. Of the 23 Ontario regional, local, or small airports handed over under the policy, the Sault Ste. Marie airport is the only one not affiliated with a municipality, since the city of Sault Ste. Marie declined to assume control.^[1]

In 2002, the SSMADC opened Runway Park, an entertainment and recreation area, on unused airport property to help generate revenue to support the airport's operation.

The Sault Ste. Marie airport has equipment to support instrument approaches for all-weather operation, and a Nav Canada control tower. Air Canada Express operates four daily roundtrip flights to Toronto Pearson International Airport using the Dash 8-400 and the Bombardier CRJ200. Porter Airlines operates two daily roundtrip flights to Toronto Billy Bishop Airport using the Dash 8-400. Sunwing Airlines seasonal winter charters operate every Thursday roundtrip flights to London International Airport to Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport (Varadero) using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.^[2] Its runways are designed to handle medium-sized transport jets such as the Airbus A320, Airbus A319 and Boeing 737; operations to Sault Ste. Marie consist of Dash 8 aircraft, and, seasonally, of Boeing 737 jets.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 30 passengers.^[3]

A new record number of 216,172 passengers travelled through the airport in 2018.^[4]

• On May 26 2013, flight POE689, a Dash 8-400 (registration GLQO) operated by Porter Airlines, suffered a tailstrike while landing on runway 30. There were no injuries but the aircraft received significant damage. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada cited an unstable approach that continued to a landing as a contributing factor.^[7]
• On February 24 2015, flight JZA7795, a Dash 8-102 (registration C-GTAI) operated by Jazz Aviation touched down approximately 450 ft (140 m) before the threshold of runway 30 while attempting to land in conditions of poor visibility. The aircraft received significant damage, requiring replacement of both nose and main landing gear. It also struck an approach light, which was damaged beyond repair and subsequently replaced. The Transportation Safety Board noted that the approach was flown above the required stabilized approach speed, and furthermore that this was the case for 84% of flights on the incident aircraft's flight data recorder, indicating a systemic deviance from stabilized approach SOPs. Shortly after this incident, Jazz Aviation revised the relevant section of its operating manual.^[8]
• On May 2 2021, a Canadair CL-415 (registration C-GOGH), a water bomber operated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, unintentionally landed with gear up during a training exercise, receiving significant damage to the belly of the aircraft.^[9]
• On April 2 2024, C-GERR, a Zlin Z242L operated by Sault College, crashed on landing during a training flight. The two occupants were taken to hospital and the runway closed.^[10]

• List of airports in the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario area