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KSMO — Santa Monica Muni
Santa Monica, CA · field elevation 170 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KSMO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSMO 100551Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02000156 10256 20189 53009
- Wind
- from 020° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 20 °C / dewpoint 16 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Density altitude
- 656 ft · pressure altitude 50 ft
- Observed
- 39 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 020° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 21 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 25 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KSMO 100520Z 1006/1106 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM102100 23008KT P6SM SKC FM110300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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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
- 1422Z / 0053Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 12°E (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
- 4 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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- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
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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.