Somerset Airport
SMQ · KSMQ · Somerville, New Jersey · Somerset County · map
Somerset Airport is a public-use airport owned by Somerset Air Service, INC, 3 miles north of Somerville, New Jersey, 106 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 2,739 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 92 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,700 takeoffs and landings a year. About 24 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Somerset Airport?
Its FAA code is SMQ, and its ICAO code is KSMQ.
Where is Somerset Airport?
It is 3 miles north of Somerville, New Jersey, 106 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Somerset Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 12/30, is 2,739 feet long.
Does Somerset Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Somerset Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Somerset Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Solberg Aviation CO INC and Somerset Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Somerset Airport?
17 pilot examiners and 53 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Somerset Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SMQ · ICAO KSMQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Somerset Air Service, INC
- Elevation
- 106 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1946
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,739 × 65 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 1,923 × 100 ft | Grass, good | |
| 17/35 | 1,700 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 55 ft high 587 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 65 ft high 795 ft from the end
- Runway 08: tree 51 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 45 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 17: trees 65 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 22 ft high 10 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure · Jaike and star | 132.8 | |
| Smq and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.6 | |
| WILKES-BARRE and star | 127.6 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 908-722-2139.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Solberg/Hunterdon Airport (4 nm southwest), Princeton Airport (14 nm south), Morristown Municipal (16 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Jersey · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Est 1946.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - 118.325.
- Unattended thanksgiving, christmas and New years.
- 550 feet west end unsuitable for takeoff or landing due to uneven surface.
- Approach ratio 15:1 to dthr.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport
- No tgl.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 83 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 43,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 17,300 |
| general aviation, local | 26,400 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Somerville from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Somerville, New Jersey: 6 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Jersey.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Solberg Aviation CO INC 3 aircraft · Whitehouse Station, 5 miles away Solberg Aviation CO INC operates Solberg Airport in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, offering flight training from sport pilot through flight instructor level, aircraft rental, and FBO services including fuel, hangar space, and maintenance.
- Somerset Flying Club 1 aircraft · Basking Ridge, 8 miles away
- Loon Song Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Brookside, 13 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 53 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 78 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Karl-John Bearnarth private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Somerset Air Service · Bedminster, NJ (2 nm) · (908) 612-0812 · [email protected]
- Robert Armindo Miranda private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Solberg Aviation Company · Readington, NJ (4 nm) · (973) 670-6343 · [email protected]
- John W Beck private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Princeton Airport · Princeton, NJ (16 nm) · (908) 512-9039 · [email protected]
- Michael Joseph Mcintyre private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Sky Manor Airport · Pittstown, NJ (16 nm) · (215) 740-6657 · [email protected]
- Ryan Andrew Ferguson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Morristown, NJ (16 nm) · (201) 247-2873 · [email protected]
- Andrew Colin Quinn private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Trenton, NJ (22 nm) · (609) 847-1240 · [email protected]
- William Gregory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Air Fleet Training · Fairfield, NJ (23 nm) · (732) 740-9506 · [email protected]
- Ryan David Tollini private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Perkasie, PA (32 nm) · (215) 704-2446 · [email protected]
All 177 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Somerville 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- Solberg Aviation CO INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Somerset Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Loon Song Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Jersey 1,187 since 1982 · 134 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Jersey 40 landing places
- New Jersey 3,019 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SMQ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.