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KSMO — Santa Monica Muni
Santa Monica, CA · field elevation 170 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KSMO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSMO 111151Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02110183 10217 20211 58001
- Wind
- from 210° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 18 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Density altitude
- 897 ft · pressure altitude 140 ft
- Observed
- 27 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 03 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 10 nm. Last image 24 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KSMO 111132Z 1112/1212 VRB03KT P6SM SCT012 BKN150 FM111300 VRB03KT P6SM BKN010 FM111500 VRB03KT P6SM SCT010 BKN150 FM112100 26012KT P6SM BKN250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 34.01582, -118.45131
- Elevation
- 170 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1313Z / 0245Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 12° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,UL94
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Los Angeles, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KSMO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,500 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| H1 | 40 | 40 | ASPH | PERI |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.15
- Tower 0700-2100
- 120.1
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 120.1
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach 101-245 SMO
- 124.3
- Approach 069-100 LAX
- 124.9
- Approach 246-341 LAX
- 125.2
- Approach 342-068 SMO
- 135.05
- Departure
- 125.2
Published procedures
- 3 approaches — RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 5 departures published
- 6 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSMO airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.