KSMO · Santa Monica Municipal Airport

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

170

Elevation ft

Runway

3,500

Longest ft · 03/21

34.02N

118.45W

Santa Monica Municipal Airport serves Santa Monica, California at 170 ft elevation with its longest runway, 03/21, at 3,500 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
03/21	3,500 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 170 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	170 ft	2,471 ft	2,128 ft	3,192 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,370 ft	2,705 ft	2,255 ft	3,382 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,570 ft	2,939 ft	2,381 ft	3,572 ft
35°C afternoon	2,611 ft	2,947 ft	2,385 ft	3,578 ft

Planning aid only. On a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (03/21, 3,500 ft) is within 20 percent of the 1.5x landing figure for a Meridian-class turboprop (3,578 ft). Plan hot-day departures for the morning and check the POH. The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KSMO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KLAX Los Angeles International Airport	5 nm SE	12,894 ft
KVNY Van Nuys Airport	12 nm N	8,001 ft
KBUR Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport	12 nm N	6,886 ft
KTOA Zamperini Field	14 nm SE	5,001 ft
KLGB Long Beach International Airport	19 nm SE	10,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KSMO

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KSMO, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KSMO or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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