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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

KSMO airport diagram

Range from KSMO

Runways

Longest 3,500 ft

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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

📄 AIRPORT DIAGRAM (FAA) ↗

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.