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Class D

Santa Monica Municipal Airport

ID KSMO FAA SMO Elev 170 ft Lat 34° 0.95' N Lon 118° 27.06' W Zulu …

Live conditions at KSMO

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Density altitude (now)

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FAA Airport Diagram · KSMO

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Runways at KSMO

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,500 ft. Max gradient: 1.24% (noticeable slope — affects performance)

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
03 44.6° 3,500 ft 150 ft Asphalt Yes 1.24%
21 224.6° 3,500 ft 150 ft Asphalt Yes 1.24%

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

7 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 119.150
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR TWR 120.100
  • CTAF CTAF 120.100
  • APP SOCAL APP 124.300
  • DEP SOCAL DEP 125.200
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KSMO, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

3 matched · 34 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 03–21: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Prior Permission Required for ex–military acft. Contact a before operating.
  • ·Prior Permission Required for rqrd for DW acft in excess of 60,000 lbs crtfyd max ldg wt,. Contact a before operating.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 03–21: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Prior Permission Required for ex–military acft. Contact a before operating.

    ppr required

  • Prior Permission Required for rqrd for DW acft in excess of 60,000 lbs crtfyd max ldg wt,. Contact a before operating.

    ppr required

All translated remarks (3)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 03–21: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 03–21: H3500X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–40, D–60, 2D–105 MIRL 1.2…

  • Prior Permission Required for ex–military acft. Contact a before operating.

    Raw FAA text · noise · operational

    PPR ex–military acft ctc a

  • Prior Permission Required for rqrd for DW acft in excess of 60,000 lbs crtfyd max ldg wt,. Contact a before operating.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    PPR rqrd for DW acft in excess of 60,000 lbs crtfyd max ldg wt, ctc a

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (34 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.5º TCH 45´.
  • ·RWY 03: TORA–3500 TODA–3500 ASDA–3500 LDA–3500 RWY 21: TORA–3500 TODA–3500 ASDA–3500 LDA–3500
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A, UL94 OX 1, 3 LGT When twr clsd ACTIVATE REIL Rwy 21; MIRL Rwy 03–21—CTAF.
  • ·Continuous noise ordinance in effect ctc noise office for procedures 310–458–8692.
  • ·Noise limits all acft: Pure Jet and Stage II (with/without hush kits) prohibited.
  • ·Maximum noise limit 95.0 DBA single event noise exposure level (senel) RCRDD 2200´ extended centerline.
  • ·Curfew, no engine starts, APU, or tkofs except PPR lifeguard flights 0700–1500Z‡ Mon–Fri and 0700–1600Z‡ weekends.
  • ·VFR departures Rwy 21 turn left 10º over SMO VOR then turn right 225º.
  • ·If departure north, no right turns before reaching shoreline.
  • ·Rwy 03 departure no turns prior to 405 freeway located 1 mile E.
  • ·Rwy 03–21 dep end approximately 1000´ from residential homes.
  • ·Extended high power settings on run–up or dep negatively impact the community.
  • ·Attended continuously. 100LL full svc only.
  • ·UL94 avbl at self–serve island.
  • ·Helicopter flight training ops prohibited, helicopter ops apch boundry at midfield at or above 900´ MSL.
  • ·No touch/go, stop/go, or low apch permitted on Sat, Sun, holidays, weekdays SS–1500Z‡.
  • ·IFR jets and turboprops ctc ground prior to engine start.
  • ·Tsnt parking south side, next to bcn.
  • ·Turbine acft and acft over 12,000 lbs prohibited on south side transit parking.
  • ·Eng maint run–up: Jets and turboprops north side, wi 300 ft east of Twy A4.
  • ·Piston sngls and twins on south side, wi 300 ft east of Twy B4. 1700–0100Z‡ only.
  • ·TPA—1370(1200) single engine, 1870(1700) twin engine.
  • ·Intersection departures and formation landings/departures prohibited.
  • ·The paved areas preceding the Rwy 03–21 thlds are not avbl for ldg, tkof, or taxi Ops.
  • ·The paved areas are now blast pads created from thlds relocation and rwy len reduction in December 2017.
  • ·Acft must now exit the rwy at designated connector twys.
  • ·The continuous rwy exit system is no longer avbl.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: (310) 458-8692
  • ·ASOS (310) 392–6453 LAWRS.
  • ·CTAF 120.1 ATIS 119.15 310–450–4620 UNICOM 122.95 ®SOCAL APP CON 124.3 (101º–245º SMO) 124.9 (069º–100º LAX) 125.2 (246º–341º LAX) 135.05 (342º–068º) TOWER 120.1 (1500–0500Z‡) GND CON 121.9 ®SOCAL DEP CON 125.2 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD when ATCT clsd ctc SoCal Apch at 800-448-3724.

+ 4 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Clover Field

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Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KSMO — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KSMO

107 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 51 most recent.

Total events

56

since 1982

Fatal

15

26.8% of total

Last 5 years

5

≈ 1.0/yr

Last 10 years

10

≈ 1.0/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 240,350 ops in 1992

2024 total

55,169

10-yr total

717,215

2024 mix

AC/AT 6% · GA 94% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

13.9

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

3.73

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=10

  • Stall / spin 5
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Other 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

All time · n=105

  • Other 58
  • Stall / spin 12
  • Ground collision 7
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 6
  • Engine failure / power loss 5
  • Loss of control 4
  • Controlled flight into terrain 3
  • Runway excursion 3

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2013-09-29 Cessna 525A · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2023-06-05 Cessna 172R · Stall / spin · day →
2022-12-22 Cessna 150A · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2022-09-08 CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT Piper Sport · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2021-08-12 CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT · Other · day →
2021-01-02 EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L · Loss of control · day →
2019-12-27 Cirrus SF50 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2018-02-11 SHANKS V ROGER VARI EZE · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2017-03-12 Swearingen SA227 TT · Weather · VMC · day →
2016-05-22 CZECH AIRCRAFT WORKS SPOL SRO Sportcruiser · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2016-05-15 Cessna R182 · Stall / spin · day →
2015-03-05 RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2014-10-26 Cessna 172S · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2014-04-18 McDonnell Douglas Helicopter 500N · Ground collision · day →
2013-04-12 Beech 95-C55 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2012-08-10 Cessna P210N · CFIT · VMC · day →
2011-08-29 Cessna 172M · CFIT · VMC · day →
2010-07-01 Cessna 152 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2009-08-02 Davenport DAVE-EZ · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2009-01-28 SIAI-MARCHETTI SF-260C · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2008-01-13 DeSousa Jabiru J400 · Gear-up · VMC · dusk →
2004-12-04 Piper PA-28-181 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2004-03-16 Mooney M20K · Weather IMC · IMC · day →
2001-11-13 Cessna 340A · Engine failure · VMC · night →
1999-09-23 Cessna 421C · Ground collision · IMC · day →
1999-07-11 Rose VELOCITY 173/FG-E · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1999-06-16 Cessna 180K · Hard landing · day →
1997-02-07 Cessna 310Q · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night-moonlit →
1995-07-13 Mooney M-20-M · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1995-05-07 DAVENPORT LONG-EZ · Fuel exhaustion · day →
1994-11-22 Beech 95-B55 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night →
1994-04-20 Piper PA-32R-301T · Fuel exhaustion · day →
1994-03-11 Piper PA-28-180 · CFIT · VMC · night-moonlit →
1993-12-07 Cessna 177RG · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1993-11-26 SIAI-MARCHETTI F-260 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1993-04-29 Cessna 172N · Under/overshoot · IMC · day →
1992-09-05 Cessna 182A · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
1992-03-09 Cessna 172P · Other · day →
1992-01-18 Mooney M-20-C · Fuel exhaustion · day →
1991-02-24 Piper PA46-310P · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night-moonlit →
1990-02-26 REID LONG EZ · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1989-10-26 Wheeler Acft. Co. EXPRESS 100 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-08-06 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-07-07 Cessna 150M · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1987-09-22 Cessna 172P · Other · VMC · day →
1987-05-17 Cessna 182L · Other · VMC · day →
1985-05-04 Beech V35A · Other · day →
1984-10-08 Cessna 180 · Other · IMC · day →
1984-02-18 Beech A36 · Other · VMC · night →
1983-07-21 Cessna 172M · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1982-04-10 Piper PA-38-112 · Other · day →

+ 56 more on file

NASA ASRS near-miss reports at KSMO

2 de-identified reports reference this airfield in the public ASRS Database Report Sets. Voluntary, first-person pilot/controller accounts of safety-relevant events that didn't reach the NTSB. Reports represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

Designees in CA

Every aviation professional and organization in the same state as KSMO — instructors, examiners, mechanics, schools, FBOs, flying clubs, repair shops, EAA chapters. Click any category to drill into the full directory.

CFI

5,776

Flight Instructors

A&P

22,561

Mechanics

AME

139

Medical Examiners (AME)

DME

25

Mechanic Examiners (DME)

DPRE

1

Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE)

DAR-F

17

Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F)

DAR-T

20

Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T)

DER-Y

45

Engineering — Company (DER-Y)

DER-T

66

Engineering — Consultant (DER-T)

SAE

126

Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE)

TCE

38

Training Center Evaluators (TCE)

ODA

11

Organizational Designations

Schools

243

Flight Schools

FBO

209

Fixed Base Operators

Clubs

82

Flying Clubs

Repair

56

Repair / Maintenance Shops

EAA

63

EAA Chapters

DPEs near KSMO

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Stephen Lawrence Higgins Santa Monica CA 2 nm
Dennis Robin Mccall Manhattan Beach CA 7 nm
Jonathan Orourke Van Nuys CA 10 nm
Mark Boss Van Nuys CA 10 nm
Mark Thomas Hulsey Van Nuys CA 10 nm
Donovan Stephen Burns Redondo Beach CA 10 nm
Daniel Gene Benton Torrance CA 12 nm
Kathryn Elizabeth Stanley Torrance CA 12 nm
Michael Elton Dougherty Carson CA 15 nm
Robin Leabman Pacoima CA 15 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KSMO

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Stacey Alan Teruya Venice CA 2 nm
Alexander Caesar Romero Venice CA 2 nm
Ian Robert Dutton Venice CA 2 nm
Allison Diane Boone Venice CA 2 nm
Andrew Byram Jones Venice CA 2 nm
Saverio Pasquale Dolce Los Angeles CA 2 nm
Eugene Alan Korney Los Angeles CA 2 nm
John Mark Levy Los Angeles CA 2 nm
John Leo Luzwick Los Angeles CA 2 nm
Melissa Carey Matthews Los Angeles CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KSMO

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Ross Benjamin Hochen Venice CA 2 nm
Calvin E Moss Venice CA 2 nm
Dennis Alan Thompson Venice CA 2 nm
Steven Harper Mann Venice CA 2 nm
Christopher Eric Voorhees Venice CA 2 nm
Mace Darius Bailey Venice CA 2 nm
Apolinar Sanchez Venice CA 2 nm
John Leo Luzwick Los Angeles CA 2 nm
Reijo Kustaa Myllyla Los Angeles CA 2 nm
Stergios Dimitri Rapis Los Angeles CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KSMO

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Fourth Front Aviation, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
 0 nm
Santa Monica Propeller Service, Inc
Santa Monica, CA
 0 nm
A Plus Avionics Corp / AvionTEq
Van Nuys, CA
 12 nm
ACI Jet AOG
Van Nuys, CA
 12 nm
Van Nuys Clean Aircraft
Van Nuys, CA
 12 nm
West Coast Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Long Beach, CA
 19 nm
Wingnuts Aircraft Service
La Verne, CA
 34 nm
Leading Edge Avionics, Inc
Santa Ana, CA
 35 nm
ACI Jet AOG
Santa Ana, CA
 36 nm
West Coast Aircraft Maintenance
Santa Ana, CA
 36 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.