Sumter Airport
SMS · KSMS · Sumter, South Carolina · Sumter County · map
Sumter Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Sumter, 4 miles north of Sumter, South Carolina, 182 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSMS · observed 4:10 pm EDT (20:10 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KSMS 062010Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A3004 RMK AO2
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 SMS · ICAO KSMS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Sumter
- Elevation
- 182 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 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
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1957
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,081 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 79 ft high 2,373 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 88 ft high 2,748 ft from the end
- Runway 14: trees 84 ft high 941 ft from the end
- Runway 32: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 95 ft high 1,369 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Sms and aWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Columbia and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 803-469-6750.
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 Sumter from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Sumter, South Carolina: 23 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Aft 2000, activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 oper continuously.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport with incr actvty dusk and dawn.
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.