Sumter Airport

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.

Sumter Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity & County of Sumter
ServesSumter, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL182 ft / 55 m
Coordinates33°59′42″N 080°21′41″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,501 1,677 Asphalt
14/32 3,081 939 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations48,300
Based aircraft55

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

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 August 15, 2008, the airport had 48,300 aircraft operations, an average of 132 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine and 16% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for SMS PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: SUM / KSMS - Sumter Airport - Sumter, South Carolina
  3. Aviation Safety Network: SMS / FMMS - Sainte Marie Airport, Madagascar
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