SMX

Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field

ICAO KSMX34.8989°N 120.4570°W261 ft / 80 mMedium airport
On the map
Santa Maria Public Airport-2006-USGS
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (IATA: SMX, ICAO: KSMX) is a medium airport in Santa Maria, California, United States. It opened in Jun 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,004 ft (2,440 m). In 2025 it handled 35 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
JUN 1947
OpenedSanta Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
12/30135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH8,004 ft2,440 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
02/20036° / 216°
LENGTH5,199 ft1,585 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
87K
79K
48K
46K
48K
21K
55K
32K
28K
28K
35K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 1Ameriflight 1FedEx Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SMX. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Santa Maria Public Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers35K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,233of 3,974 · #516 North America · #348 USLongest runway8,004 ft2,440 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,711of 29,823 · =549 North America · =405 USElevation261 ft80 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,269of 43,341 · =14,800 North America · =12,464 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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

8 channels
A/DSANTA BARB APP/DEP124.150
ATISATIS121.150
CTAFCTAF118.300
GNDGND121.900
RDOHAWTHORNE RDO111.000
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950
CTRLOS ANGELES CENTER119.050