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Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field

SMX · Santa Maria, CA

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IATA Code
SMX
ICAO Code
KSMX
City
Santa Maria
Country
United States

Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field is a regional airport serving Santa Maria, CA. Its IATA code is SMX and its ICAO code is KSMX.

The airfield sits 261 feet above sea level.

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SMX by the numbers

IATA SMX · ICAO KSMX · 261 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #142 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
81.3%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
115 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
509
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 47%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 23%
  • Extreme weather 22%
  • Air traffic control & airport 8%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from SMX

RouteFlightsOn time
Phoenix (PHX) 405 84%
Las Vegas (LAS) 104 72%
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Airlines departing SMX

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
SkyWest Airlines 405 84%
Allegiant Air 104 72%

Runways

Runway Length Surface
12/30 8,004 ft ASP, lighted
02/20 5,199 ft ASP

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 121.150 MHz
  • Tower 118.300 MHz
  • Ground 121.900 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

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