# Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO / KSMO)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmo

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SMO / KSMO
- FAA: SMO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Santa Monica
- Serves: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Closed: 31 Dec 2028
- Elevation: 170 ft / 52 m
- Coordinates: 34.0158, -118.4510
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 5 departures, 6 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.smgov.net/departments/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7419789
- Weather station: KSMO
- Ident: KSMO

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Santa Monica Municipal Airport opens.
- 31 Dec 2028: Santa Monica Municipal Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |

- 03/21 slopes 1.2%: threshold 03 at 127 ft / 39 m, threshold 21 at 170 ft / 52 m.
- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05023AD.PDF

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 235 mi / 378 km · JSX (airline)
- [OAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koak.md) Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · United States · 332 mi / 534 km · JSX (airline)
- [SCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdl.md) Scottsdale Airport · United States · 377 mi / 606 km · JSX (airline)

### Seasonal (1)

- [APC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapc.md) Napa County Airport · United States · 360 mi / 580 km · JSX (airline)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SMO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [JSX](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jsx) · 4

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 170 ft / 52 m | =34,720 of 43,403 | =15,822 in North America | =13,304 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SOCAL APP | 124.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.150 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.100 |
| DEP | SOCAL DEP | 125.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · 5.6 mi / 9.1 km
- [HHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khhr.md) Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport · 9.2 mi / 15 km
- [VNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvny.md) Van Nuys Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [LGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb.md) Long Beach International Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 28 mi / 45 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Santa Monica Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&oldid=1374819837), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmo/data