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KSMX — Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Fld
Santa Maria, CA · field elevation 261 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KSMX current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
METAR KSMX 111151Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM R12/3500VP6000FT FG VV002 15/15 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01500150 10161 20150 53001 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 0.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 200 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 15 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Density altitude
- 273 ft · pressure altitude 221 ft
- Observed
- 26 minutes ago
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 9 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 KSMX 111132Z 1112/1212 VRB03KT 1/2SM FG VV002 FM111500 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC004 FM111600 VRB03KT P6SM SCT150 FM112100 31008KT P6SM SCT250 FM120500 VRB03KT 6SM BR BKN008 FM120800 29002KT 1/2SM FG VV002
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 1319Z / 0254Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2000
- Magnetic variation
- 14° (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
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
- 1 departure published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KIZA Santa Ynez/Kunkle Fld26 nm
- 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.