# Santa Maria Airport (SMA / LPAZ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SMA / LPAZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- Serves: Vila do Porto, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
- Opened: 26 Jul 1945 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 94 m / 308 ft
- Coordinates: 36.9714, -25.1706
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Passengers: 125,952 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-1/+0 · Atlantic/Azores
- Website: https://www.aeroportosantamaria.pt/pt/sma/home
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airport_(Azores) (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432755
- Weather station: LPAZ · WMO 08515
- Ident: LPAZ

## Timeline

- 26 Jul 1945: Santa Maria Airport opens.
- 8 Feb 1989: Independent Air Flight 1851. 144 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | 53,835 | Eurostat |
| 2004 | 45,774 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 90,701 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 99,728 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 93,415 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 107,753 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 57,145 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 80,049 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 108,564 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 120,287 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 126,904 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 125,952 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · Portugal · 97 km / 60 mi · SATA Air Açores
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 1,420 km / 882 mi · Azores Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- S4 [Azores Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azores-airlines) · 1
- SP [SATA Air Açores](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sata-air-acores) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 126K (2025) | #1,732 of 3,974 | #367 in Europe | #10 in PT |
| Longest runway | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | =1,058 of 29,858 | =147 in Europe | #5 in PT |
| Elevation | 94 m / 308 ft | =31,114 of 43,403 | =3,689 in Europe | #33 in PT |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =717 in Europe | =6 in PT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in PT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G | 301.600 |
| A/G | A/G | 1130.900 |
| ACC | CON | 132.150 |
| APP | APP | 119.000 |
| RDO | RDO | 127.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [PDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppd.md) João Paulo II Airport · 97 km / 61 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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 Airport (Azores)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Maria_Airport_(Azores)&oldid=1363077157), revision of 7 Jul 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/lpaz/data