Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field
SMX · KSMX · Santa Maria, California · Santa Barbara County · map
Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Santa Maria, California, 261 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 8,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 214 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 29,422 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14,013 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
Its FAA code is SMX, and its ICAO code is KSMX.
Where is Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
It is 3 miles south of Santa Maria, California, 261 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 8,004 feet long.
Does Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Ontario International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Harry Reid International, San Luis Obispo County Regional, Laughlin/Bullhead International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field?
4 pilot examiners and 5 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 Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SMX · ICAO KSMX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 261 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,004 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 5,199 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 12: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 225 ft high 4,700 ft from the end
- Runway 02: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 20: trees 121 ft high 3,640 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Santa Maria |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Smx and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.15 | Santa Maria |
| Ground | 121.9 | Santa Maria |
| Approach and departure | 124.15 | Santa Maria |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Santa Maria |
| San Luis Obispo Center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.05 | Santa Maria |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 209-210-1160.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lompoc Airport (14 nm south), San Luis Obispo County Regional (22 nm northwest), Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field (26 nm southeast).
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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12; PAPI runway 30; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 12 oper continuously.
- Pattern altitude 1000; turbojet and pure jet 1500.
- Aircraft fuel servicing available 129.975.
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Calm wind less than 8 knots use runway 30.
- No tgl operations; landing practice or practice instrument approaches 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Portions of taxiway J not visible from the control tower and unlighted.
- Numerous birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Caution parallel lighted road less than 1/4 mile northwest of runway 12/30.
- Transient pilots remain clear of commercial ramp and terminal.
- Self serve fuel 100LL available 24 hours located north of tower.
- Landing fees are applicable
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,162 departures from SMX in those twelve months, carrying 25,235 passengers in 47,893 seats (53% filled), to 11 destinations on 4 airlines.
All 11 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 189 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 8 |
| 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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 29,422, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 243 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,495 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,599 |
| general aviation, local | 6,415 |
| military | 2,670 |
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 Santa Maria from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Maria, California: 61 piston singles, 6 business jets, 3 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 drones. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Santa Maria, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Central Coast Jet Center LLC Central Coast Jet Center is a fixed base operation at Santa Maria Airport in California.
Repair stations in Santa Maria:
- Aircraft Crankcase Repair Services INC
- Coastal Valley Aviation, INC
- Master Air Parts INC Master Air Parts, Inc.
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Above All Aviation · Goleta, CA (31 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · [email protected]
- Eric Alan Cook private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Paso Robles, CA (47 nm) · (805) 459-8876 · [email protected]
- Mark Thomas Donnelly private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Paso Robles Airport · Paso Robles, CA (47 nm) · (805) 550-1311 · [email protected]
- Sonjia Marie Johnston Baer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Paso Robles, CA (47 nm) · (805) 550-3436 · [email protected]
All 15 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-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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 22 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 Santa Maria 76 aircraft · 61 piston singles, 6 business jets, 3 turboprops
- Santa Maria Valley Crop Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Central Coast Jet Center LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aircraft Crankcase Repair Services INC · repair station
- Coastal Valley Aviation, INC · repair station
- Master Air Parts INC · repair station
- Ontario International (ONT) 604 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 401 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 104 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP) 43 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 3 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA) 2 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Monterey Regional (MRY) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 22 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SMX.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 23, 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.