# Salinas Municipal Airport (SNS / KSNS)

**Salinas Municipal Airport** (IATA: SNS, ICAO: KSNS) is a medium airport in Salinas, California, United States. It opened in Jun 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,004 ft (1,830 m). It is operated by City of Salinas.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNS / KSNS
- FAA: SNS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: City of Salinas
- Serves: Salinas, California, United States
- Opened: Jun 1942
- Elevation: 84 ft / 26 m
- Coordinates: 36.6628, -121.6060
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 6,004 ft / 1,830 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/services/airport/airport.cfm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinas_Municipal_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404650
- Weather station: KSNS · WMO 72593
- Ident: KSNS

## Timeline

- Jun 1942: Salinas Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 6,004 ft / 1,830 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |
| 13/31 | 4,825 ft / 1,471 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00363AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,004 ft / 1,830 m | =4,542 of 29,858 | =1,253 in North America | =982 in US |
| Elevation | 84 ft / 26 m | =37,573 of 43,403 | =17,030 in North America | =14,191 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NORCAL APP/DEP | 127.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | OAKLAND RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmry.md) Monterey Regional Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [SJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjc.md) Mineta San Jose International Airport · 52 mi / 83 km
- [NUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knuq.md) Moffett Federal Airfield · 57 mi / 93 km
- [PAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpao.md) Palo Alto Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [SQL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksql.md) San Carlos Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [MCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmce.md) Merced Regional Macready Field · 74 mi / 119 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)
- [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/ksns/data