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KSMX — Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Fld
Santa Maria, CA · field elevation 261 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KSMX current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSMX 100551Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FU CLR 14/12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01390122 10222 20122 51015 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- -30 ft · pressure altitude 81 ft
- Observed
- 38 minutes ago
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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 3 nm. Last image 28 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 KSMX 100520Z 1006/1106 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM101000 08005KT P6SM SKC FM101700 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM102100 32008KT P6SM SKC FM110000 33005KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 34.89994, -120.45808
- Elevation
- 261 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
- 1431Z / 0100Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2000
- Magnetic variation
- 14°E (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Santa Barbara, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KSMX publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,004 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 02/20 | 5,199 | 75 | ASPH | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 121.15
- Tower 0600-2000
- 118.3
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 118.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 124.15
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSBA Santa Barbara Muni42 nm
- KPRB Paso Robles Muni47 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSMX airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California 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.