| Sumter Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City & County of Sumter | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sumter, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 182 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°59′42″N 080°21′41″W / 33.99500°N 80.36139°W / 33.99500; -80.36139 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Sumter Airport (IATA: SUM, ICAO: KSMS, FAA LID: SMS) is a public use airport located 4 nmi (7.4 km) north of the central business district of Sumter, a city in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Sumter County under an Airport Commission structure and has a county appointed airport manager, Jeff Knauer.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sumter Airport is assigned SMS by the FAA and SUM by the IATA (which assigned SMS to Sainte Marie Airport in Nosy Boraha, Madagascar).
Facilities and aircraft
Sumter Airport covers an area of 429 acres (174 ha) at an elevation of 182 feet (55 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 14/32 is 3,081 by 120 feet (939 x 37 m) with a turf surface.
For the 12-month period ending June 17, 2021, the airport had 12,100 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 helicopter.
See also
References
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for SMS PDF, effective 2023-08-10.
- Great Circle Mapper: SUM / KSMS - Sumter Airport - Sumter, South Carolina
- Aviation Safety Network: SMS / FMMS - Sainte Marie Airport, Madagascar
External links
- Sumter Airport (SMS) airport data from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
- IFR aircraft movements from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SMS, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SMS
- AirNav airport information for KSMS
- ASN accident history for SUM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures