KSNS Salinas Municipal Airport
Salinas, CA · 3 miles SE of SALINAS, CA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KSNS
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 84.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 36-39-44.6790N 121-36-25.7530W
- Lat / Long
- 36.6624108, -121.6071536
- Mag. variation
- 13E (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 06/1942
- ARTCC
- OAKLAND CENTER
- FSS
- OAKLAND FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- SNS (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Pattern altitude
- 884.4 ft. MSL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSR RWY 31; REIL RWY 13 & 26; PAPI RWY 31; HIRL RWY 13/31; MIRL RWY 08/26; H1 - CTAF. VASI RWY 08, 13, & 26 OPR CONSLY.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KSNS
Runways
Longest 6004 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6004 x 150 ft. / 1830 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 80.0
Runway 8
- Heading
- 084 magnetic, 097 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 396 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 69.6 ft.
Runway 26
- Heading
- 264 magnetic, 277 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 83.8 ft.
- Dimensions
- 90 x 90 ft. / 27 x 27 m
- Surface
- asphalt/concrete/aggregate friction seal coat
- Edge lights
- FLD
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 13
- Heading
- 135 magnetic, 148 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 78.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 45 ft. trees, 1733 ft. from runway, 310 ft. right of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear
Runway 31
- Heading
- 315 magnetic, 328 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 82.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 3
Approaches — IAP 7
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 119.525
- Unicom
- 123.0
- Atis
- 124.85
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 831-422-2830
- Salinas Ground
- 121.7 [0600-1900 OCT-MAR; 0500-1900 APR-SEP]
- Salinas Tower
- 119.525 239.3 [0600-1900 OCT-MAR; 0500-1900 APR-SEP]
- Norcal Approach
- 133.0 ;001-135 MRY
- Norcal Departure
- 133.0 ;001-135 MRY
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- CITY OF SALINAS 200 LINCOLN AVE SALINAS, CA 93901 Phone 831-758-7214
- Manager phone
- 831-758-7214
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.