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).
Weather right now KSMQ · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 33°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSMQ 061953Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 17/01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01720006
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in New Jersey.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.