Salinas Municipal
SNS · KSNS · Salinas, California · Monterey County · map
Salinas Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Salinas, 3 miles southeast of Salinas, California, 84 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSNS · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 14 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- At times between Wed 3:00 am PDT (10:00 UTC) and 7:00 am PDT (14:00 UTC): visibility ¼ mile, fog, overcast at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 8:00 am PDT (15:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 3 miles, mist, a broken layer at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 300 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSNS 062153Z 32011KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02330150
TAF KSNS 061727Z 0618/0718 14007KT P6SM SKC FM061900 30007KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 0710/0714 1/4SM FG OVC002 FM071500 VRB03KT 3SM BR BKN002 FM071600 13004KT P6SM SCT003
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 SNS · ICAO KSNS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Salinas
- Elevation
- 84 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 7:00 pm oct-mar; 5:00 am to 7:00 pm apr-sep
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,004 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,825 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 90 × 90 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Flood lights |
- Runway 08: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 396 ft
- Runway 26: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,733 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.525 | Salinas |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.85 | Salinas |
| Ground | 121.7 | Salinas |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 001-135 mry | 133.0 | Salinas · All radials off mry airport. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 831-422-2830.
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 Salinas from the FAA register
120 aircraft are registered to owners in Salinas, California: 66 piston singles, 18 helicopters, 13 drones, 10 business jets, 9 piston twins. 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 California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 37 since 1982, 6 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 26; PAPI runway 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; H1 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 08, 13, and 26 operates continuously.
- 200 feet asphalt stwy runway 31.
- Portions of taxiway B between D and north limited the control tower services provided
- 6 feet tall security fence 400 feet prior to runway 13 thld on centerline and steeply descending terrain 350 feet prior to runway 31 thld on centerline both in runway 13/31 safety area.
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.