# Sault Ste Marie Airport (YAM / CYAM)

**Sault Ste Marie Airport** (IATA: YAM, ICAO: CYAM) is a medium airport in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,829 m (6,000 ft). In 2020 it handled 57 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyam

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YAM / CYAM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
- Elevation: 192 m / 630 ft
- Coordinates: 46.4832, -84.5085
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Passengers: 56,768 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Toronto
- Website: https://saultairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912553
- Weather station: CYAM · WMO 71260
- Ident: CYAM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 034° / 214° | yes |
| 12/30 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 130,138 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 121,991 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 155,931 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 187,554 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 187,834 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 198,092 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 202,557 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 212,493 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 212,831 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 216,172 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 211,277 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 56,768 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [YSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysb.md) Sudbury Airport · Canada · 284 km / 176 mi · Bearskin Airlines
- [YQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqt.md) Thunder Bay International Airport · Canada · 419 km / 260 mi · Bearskin Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 494 km / 307 mi · Air Canada Express
- [YTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytz.md) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · Canada · 512 km / 318 mi · Porter Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 2,205 km / 1,370 mi · WestJet

### Cargo (3)

- [YSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysb.md) Sudbury Airport · Canada · 284 km / 176 mi · SkyLink Express, FedEx Express
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 494 km / 307 mi · FedEx Express
- [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 516 km / 321 mi · SkyLink Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YAM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- JV [Bearskin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bearskin-airlines) · 2
- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 1
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1 · seasonal

### Cargo (2)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 2
- SLQ [SkyLink Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skylink-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 57K (2020) | #2,039 of 3,974 | #469 in North America | #54 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Elevation | 192 m / 630 ft | =24,774 of 43,403 | =11,904 in North America | =1,016 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF | 118.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 133.050 |
| CNTR | TORONTO CNTR | 132.650 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RCO | LONDON RDO | 122.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [CIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu.md) Chippewa County International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [PLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpln.md) Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [YEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyel.md) Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · 150 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sault Ste. Marie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sault_Ste._Marie_Airport&oldid=1373338994), revision of 5 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyam/data