SMA

Santa Maria Airport

ICAO LPAZ36.9714°N 25.1706°W94 m / 308 ftMedium airport
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Santa Maria Airport (IATA: SMA, ICAO: LPAZ) is a medium airport in Vila do Porto, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened on 26 Jul 1945. It has one runway, 3,048 m (10,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 126 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1945–1989
26 JUL 1945
OpenedSanta Maria Airport opens.
08 FEB 1989
DisasterIndependent Air Flight 1851.144 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
18/36171° / 351° · LIT
LENGTH3,048 m10,000 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2003–2025
54K
46K
91K
100K
93K
108K
57K
80K
109K
120K
127K
126K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSATA Air Açores 1Azores Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SMA. From the Wikipedia article “Santa Maria Airport (Azores)” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers126K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,732of 3,974 · #365 Europe · #10 PTLongest runway3,048 m10,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,058of 29,823 · =146 Europe · #5 PTElevation94 m308 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,070of 43,341 · =3,683 Europe · #33 PTAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =717 Europe · =6 PTRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =5 PT
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

6 channels
A/GA/G301.600
A/GA/G1130.900
ACCCON132.150
APPAPP119.000
RDORDO127.900
TWRTWR118.100