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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 252351Z AUTO 31011KT 9SM CLR 22/15 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02220150 10267 20206 56008 $
- Wind
- from 310° at 11 kt
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,215 ft · pressure altitude 291 ft
- Observed
- 11 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 310° at 11 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 11 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 02 | 1 kt head | 11 kt from the left |
| 20 | 1 kt tail | 11 kt from the right |
| 12 | 11 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 3 nm. Last image 7 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 252343Z 2600/2624 31008KT P6SM SKC FM260300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM260800 VRB03KT 6SM BR OVC006 FM261000 VRB03KT 2SM BR VCFG OVC003 FM261600 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM261800 27005KT P6SM SCT250 FM262100 30010KT P6SM SCT250
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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
- 1353Z / 0153Z
- 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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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.