SMO

Santa Monica Municipal Airport

ICAO KSMO34.0158°N 118.4510°W170 ft / 52 mMedium airport
On the map
Santa Monica Airport - California
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Santa Monica Municipal Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO) is a medium airport in Santa Monica, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It closed on 31 Dec 2028. It has one runway, 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Santa Monica.

Timeline

2 events · 1940–2028
APR 1940
OpenedSanta Monica Municipal Airport opens.
31 DEC 2028
ClosedSanta Monica Municipal Airport closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad · FAA diagram PDF
Santa Monica Airport
03/21044° / 224° · LIT · SLOPE 1.2%
LENGTH3,500 ft1,067 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

4 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SMO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Santa Monica Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,500 ft1,067 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=12,563of 29,823 · =5,004 North America · =4,189 USElevation170 ft52 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,665of 43,341 · =15,813 North America · =13,296 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
APPSOCAL APP124.300
ATISATIS119.150
CTAFCTAF120.100
DEPSOCAL DEP125.200
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR120.100
UNICUNICOM122.950