KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Santa Monica, CA · 3 miles E of SANTA MONICA, CA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KSMO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 169.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 34-00-56.9590N 118-27-04.7020W
- Lat / Long
- 34.0158219, -118.4513061
- Mag. variation
- 12E (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- LOS ANGELES CENTER
- FSS
- HAWTHORNE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- SMO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Pattern altitude
- TPA: 1200' AGL SINGLE-ENG; 1700' AGL TWIN-ENG.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT REIL RWY 21; MIRL RWY 03/21 - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KSMO
Runways
Longest 3,500 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 40 x 40 ft. / 12 x 12 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- PERI
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 40.0
Runway 3
- Heading
- 032 magnetic, 044 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.42 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3500 TODA:3500 ASDA:3500 LDA:3500
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 153.0 ft.
Runway 21
- Heading
- 212 magnetic, 224 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3500 TODA:3500 ASDA:3500 LDA:3500
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 169.8 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 10
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 9
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 120.1
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 119.15
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 310-309-5134
- Santa Monica Ground
- 121.9 [0700-2100]
- Santa Monica Tower
- 120.1 257.8 [0700-2100]
- Socal Approach
- 124.3 ;101-245 SMO 124.9 ;069-100 LAX 125.2 ;246-341 LAX 135.05 ;342-068 SMO
- Socal Departure
- 125.2
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A UL94 100LL:100LL FULL SVC ONLY. UL94:UL94 AVBL AT SELF-SERVE ISLAND.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.