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Chris Hadfield Airport (CYZR) serves Sarnia-Lambton in southwestern Ontario, close to the St Clair River and the Michigan border, and is named after the Sarnia-born astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield. It is a certified aerodrome offering two hard-surfaced runways, general aviation and FBO services, and has supported local flying for over sixty years.
Chris Hadfield Airport lies at Sarnia, Ontario, and is named for Sarnia native Colonel Chris Hadfield in recognition of his achievements in space. It is a certified aerodrome that has supported commercial, corporate and general aviation in the Sarnia-Lambton area for more than sixty years, and is of particular interest to visiting pilots both for its aviation heritage and for its role as a working regional airport with a main paved runway well over a mile long.
The aerodrome is located at Sarnia, Ontario, in the far southwest of the province near the St Clair River. Pilots operating in the area can expect to work with Toronto Centre and London Radio for area and flight information services, reflecting the airport's position within a busy corridor of Ontario airspace.
The airport has two paved, lit runways. The primary runway, 15/33, is 5079/5078 feet long. The secondary runway, 06/24, is 2943 feet long. There is no ILS at the field. Field elevation is 591 feet.
The aerodrome traffic frequency (ATF) is 123 MHz. An automated weather observing system (AWOS) is available on 118.375 MHz. Toronto Centre can be reached on 134.375 MHz, and London Radio on 126.7 MHz for flight information and radio services.
The airport's origins trace to 1957, when operations began using an existing 2,000-foot grass runway, with a local company, Sarnia Airlines Ltd, among the early operators. The runway was paved in 1958, and scheduled flights began in December of that year. The Hadfield family is regarded as Sarnia's first family of flight and central to the airport's early story: in April 1958 Roger Hadfield, father of Chris Hadfield, was forced into an emergency landing in his Aeronca Champ after encountering rough air with an ill passenger aboard. In 1997 the airport was renamed Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport in recognition of Colonel Hadfield's accomplishments in space.
The airport is a Certified Aerodrome owned by the City of Sarnia and continues to support commercial, corporate and general aviation. General aviation services include aircraft storage, extended parking and tie-downs, while on-field Fixed Base Operators provide fuel, ground power, aircraft de-icing, maintenance, pilot training licensed by Transport Canada, and aerial sightseeing flights.
