Airports / Canada / YZR
Chris Hadfield Airport
CYZR / YZRSarnia, CanadaELEV 594 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
33 nm
To the nearest alternate
Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport (MTC) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Sarnia, Canada, Chris Hadfield Airport (CYZR / YZR) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 594 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into YZR for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport (MTC, 33 nm), Centralia / James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome (YCE, 39 nm), and Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (DET, 47 nm).
Charter pricing from YZR depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Sarnia.
Field capability
ICAO
CYZR
IATA
YZR
FAA / Local
CYZR
Elevation
594 ft
Coordinates
42.9994° N · 82.3089° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 594 ft, YZR sits lower than 61% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 33nmMTCSelfridge Air National Guard Base AirportMount Clemens
- 39nmYCECentralia / James T. Field Memorial AerodromeHuron Park
- 47nmDETColeman A. Young Municipal AirportDetroit
- 51nmYXULondon International AirportLondon
- 52nmYQGWindsor International AirportWindsor
- 53nmPTKOakland County International AirportPontiac
Location
Open the full mapCYZR · Chris Hadfield Airport · Sarnia, Canada