Santa Monica Municipal Airport

KSMO / SMO

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Santa Monica, CaliforniaELEV 170 FT

Medium airport4.7 · 263 on Google

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nm to LAX

Field standing

Computed · Google ratings × Bravo register

#17 / 152

California airports by Google rating

4.7★ across 263 Google ratings — ranked against 152 rated CA fields.

5 nm

To the nearest alternate

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) — 6 fields within 50 nm.

Overview

01 / Field brief

Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO / SMO) is a mid-sized airport serving Santa Monica, California. The field lies at an elevation of 170 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.

Charter departments call it home: Air Fuga bases aircraft at SMO. Useful alternates include Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, 5 nm), Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR, 8 nm), and Van Nuys Airport (VNY, 12 nm).

Quotes for flights out of SMO vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Clover Field. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SMO, or browse verified operators serving the area.