KSMO · SMO · 34.016, -118.451
Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Santa Monica, California. 3,500 ft of runway at 170 ft of field elevation. The largest aircraft that uses it unrestricted is the Citation CJ4 Gen2. 19 of the 25 reference aircraft cannot.
| ICAO | KSMO |
|---|---|
| IATA | SMO |
| Elevation | 170 ft |
| Longest | 3,500 ft |
| Runways | 1 |
| Max span | none published |
| Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,500 ft | ASPHALT |
Published limitation. Runway shortened to 3,500 ft in 2017; the airport is scheduled to close at the end of 2028. Source: City of Santa Monica.
What fits on 3,500 feet
Each bar is the runway that aircraft needs here — its published sea-level balanced field length, increased for this field's elevation. The vertical mark is the runway that actually exists.
Elevation increases the takeoff run. This chart applies a 9 % increase per 1,000 ft of field elevation to each aircraft's published sea-level balanced field length at maximum takeoff weight — a planning approximation, not the operator's performance data. Real departures are rarely at maximum weight, so an aircraft shown as restricted here will often fly with reduced fuel or payload.
The city this field serves
- Private jet charter Los Angeles 13 fields · KVNY is the business field
Charter from Santa Monica
Fields within 140 nm
Aircraft cleared here
- Citation CJ4 Gen2 Light
- Citation CJ3+ Light
- Phenom 300E Light
- Citation M2 Gen2 Light
- King Air 360 Turboprop
- Pilatus PC-12 NGX Turboprop