Sumter Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City & County of Sumter | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sumter, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 182 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°59′42″N 080°21′41″W / 33.99500°N 80.36139°W | ||||||||||||||
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Sumter Airport (IATA: SUM, ICAO: KSMS, FAA LID: SMS) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Sumter, a city in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the city and county of Sumter.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SMS by the FAA and SUM by the IATA[2] (which assigned SMS to Sainte Marie Airport in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Sumter Airport covers an area of 429 acres (174 ha) at an elevation of 182 feet (55 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 14/32 is 3,081 by 120 feet (939 x 37 m) with a turf surface. [1]
For the 12-month period ending August 15, 2008, the airport had 48,300 aircraft operations, an average of 132 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine and 16% multi-engine.[1]
References
External links
- Sumter Airport (SMS) airport data from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
- IFR aircraft movements from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SMS, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SMS
- AirNav airport information for KSMS
- ASN accident history for SUM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures