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KSMS — Sumter
Sumter, SC · field elevation 182 ft · NON-ATCT
KSMS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSMS 252330Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3001 RMK AO2
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 10 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Density altitude
- 351 ft · pressure altitude 92 ft
- Observed
- 27 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KSMS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KSMS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.99503, -80.36133
- Elevation
- 182 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1112Z / 2314Z
- Magnetic variation
- 7°W (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Sumter, SC
Everything else KSMS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,501 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 14/32 | 3,081 | 120 | TURF | — |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 125.4
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KCKI Williamsburg Rgnl30 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSMS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Carolina airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
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.