# Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (SMX / KSMX)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SMX / KSMX
- FAA: SMX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Santa Maria, California, United States
- Opened: Jun 1947
- Elevation: 261 ft / 80 m
- Coordinates: 34.8989, -120.4570
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,004 ft / 2,440 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 34,621 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://santamariaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Public_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7419700
- Weather station: KSMX · WMO 72394
- Ident: KSMX

## Timeline

- Jun 1947: Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 8,004 ft / 2,440 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 02/20 | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 036° / 216° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00379AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 86,685 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 78,862 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 48,176 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 45,656 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 48,354 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 21,453 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 54,777 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,555 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 28,202 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 27,579 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 34,621 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 309 mi / 498 km · Allegiant Air

### Cargo (2)

- [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · United States · 129 mi / 207 km · Ameriflight
- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · United States · 173 mi / 278 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 35K (2025) | #2,233 of 3,974 | #516 in North America | #348 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,004 ft / 2,440 m | =2,712 of 29,858 | =549 in North America | =405 in US |
| Elevation | 261 ft / 80 m | =32,319 of 43,403 | =14,807 in North America | =12,470 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SANTA BARB APP/DEP | 124.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.150 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | HAWTHORNE RDO | 111.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |
| CTR | LOS ANGELES CENTER | 119.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [VBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvbg.md) Vandenberg Space Force Base · 13 mi / 21 km
- [SBP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksbp.md) San Luis County Regional Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [SBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksba.md) Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [PRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kprb.md) Paso Robles Municipal Airport · 54 mi / 87 km
- [OXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koxr.md) Oxnard Airport · 86 mi / 138 km
- [BFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfl.md) Meadows Field · 87 mi / 140 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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 Maria Public Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Maria_Public_Airport&oldid=1374928419), 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/ksmx/data