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 | ||||||||||||||
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Sumter Airport (IATA: SUM, ICAO: KSMS, FAA LID: SMS) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 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, this airport is assigned SMS by the FAA and SUM by the IATA[2] (which assigned SMS to Sainte Marie Airport in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar[3]).
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
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.[1]
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.[1]
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External links[edit]
- 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 April 18, 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