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KSMS Sumter Airport
Sumter, South Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: SMS
Lat/Long: 33-59-42.0920N / 080-21-40.7840W
33-59.701533N / 080-21.679733W
33.9950256 / -80.3613289
(estimated)
Elevation: 182 ft. / 55.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1980)
From city: 4 miles N of SUMTER, SC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 29153

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 02/1957
Sectional chart: CHARLOTTE
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: ANDERSON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AND (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1900
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
AFTER 2000, ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23, REILS RY 05/23 AND PAPI RYS 05 & 23 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 118.075 (803-469-6750)
SHAW APPROACH: 125.4 [1200-0430Z++]
SHAW DEPARTURE: 125.4 [1200-0430Z++]
STAGE-III IC: 125.4
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY JACKSONVILLE ARTCC ON FREQS 124.7/269.55 (COLUMBIA RCAG) WHEN SHAW APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MMTr084/22.4MC ENTIRE VORTAC113.2005W
VANr014/31.5VANCE VORTAC110.4006W
CAEr079/35.5COLUMBIA VORTAC114.7002W
FLOr251/37.8FLORENCE VORTAC115.2003W
CTFr189/39.6CHESTERFIELD VOR/DME108.2003W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMTERat field25204WSMS ... -- ...
CAMDEN155/20.026305WCDN -.-. -.. -.
MC ENTIRE086/22.142705WMMT -- -- -
MANNING348/25.638106WMNI -- -. ..
HARTSVILLE213/27.434107WHVS .... ...- ...
KINGSTREE309/30.240406WCKI -.-. -.- ..
EVANS292/30.842006WCFY -.-. ..-. -.--
DARLINGTON227/35.724506WUDG ..- -.. --.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
FOR FUEL AFT 2000 CALL 803-983-6577.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 5501 x 100 ft. / 1677 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in excellent condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Double wheel: 55.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 33-59.411365N34-00.072813N
Longitude: 080-22.062745W080-21.317748W
Elevation: 178.7 ft.181.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 047 magnetic, 043 true227 magnetic, 223 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 42 ft. tree, 810 ft. from runway, 189 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear53 ft. tree, 1435 ft. from runway, 275 ft. right of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 3081 x 120 ft. / 939 x 37 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Latitude: 33-59.805598N33-59.452768N
Longitude: 080-21.880413W080-21.441543W
Elevation: 176.9 ft.179.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 138 magnetic, 134 true318 magnetic, 314 true
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 82 ft. tree, 575 ft. from runway, 150 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear63 ft. tree, 500 ft. from runway, 100 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY & COUNTY OF SUMTER
727 FAWN CIRCLE
SUMTER, SC 29150
Phone 803-494-2250
Manager: JEREMY BAUER
800 WINDROW DR..
SUMTER, SC 29153
Phone 803-469-4639

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 55
Single engine airplanes: 47
Multi engine airplanes: 8
    
Aircraft operations: avg 132/day *
56% local general aviation
41% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 13 July 2007

Additional Remarks

E67 NAVD88
WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT WITH INCR ACTVTY DUSK & DAWN.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 5 June 2008 at 0901Z and 3 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 23   download (186KB)
NDB RWY 23   download (199KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSSC - Shaw Air Force Base (6 nm W)
KCDN - Woodward Field Airport (20 nm NW)
KMMT - Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (22 nm W)
KMNI - Santee Cooper Regional Airport (26 nm S)
KHVS - Hartsville Regional Airport (27 nm NE)
 
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From to KSMS

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4909:49
Sunrise06:1810:18
Sunset20:3500:35
Evening civil twilight21:0401:04

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Jul-2008 16:13:58
Local (UTC-4)  06-Jul-2008 12:13:58
 
METAR
KSSC 
6nm W 
061555Z 24006KT 10SM SCT130 29/22 A3005 RMK AO2A SLP175 T02930221 $
TAF
KSSC 
6nm W 
060707 VRB03KT 9999 BKN150 QNH3001INS BECMG 1819 21008KT 9999 VCTS BKN050CB BKN200 QNH2998INS TEMPO 2022 18015G25KT 4800 -TSRA BECMG 2223 21005KT 9999 NSW SCT080 BKN250 QNH2999INS T31/20Z T22/11Z LIMITED METWATCH 0607 TIL 0610
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into KSMS have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT SUITES SUMTER 3.2 100-101
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT SUMTER 3.2 70
 

Other hotels near Sumter Airport

Miles Price ($)
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 2.9 51-56
HAMPTON INN SUMTER 3.0 89-109
DAYS INN SUMTER SC 3.2 64-86
SLEEP INN SUMTER 3.2 84-85
BEST WESTERN SUMTER INN 3.3 59-66
RAMADA INN 4.9 72-73

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

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