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Santa Maria Public Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Santa Maria » Santa Maria Public AirportAirport information for Santa Maria Public AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: Santa Maria Coordinates: 34.54.00N / 120.27.00W IATA Code: SMX Timezone: GMT -8 Direct flights form Santa Maria Public Airport Direct flights to Santa Maria Public Airport Find connecting flights to Santa Maria Public Airport Find connecting flights from Santa Maria Public Airport |
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Coordinates: 34°53′56″N 120°27′27″W / 34.89889°N 120.4575°W / 34.89889; -120.4575
Santa Maria Public Airport (IATA: SMX, ICAO: KSMX, FAA LID: SMX), also known as the Capt. G. Allan Hancock Field, is an airport turn up 3 land mile (five kilometre) southward of the central downtown of Santa Maria, a town in northern Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
History
The airport was 1st built in the 1940s when during World War 2, the Army build what 1st set about as the Santa Maria Army ground. Its briny intention was to supply preparation for airplane pilots of B-25 aircraft.
After the conflict, Santa Barbara County make up one's mind to get the district and installations. It controlled the area until 1949 when the town of Santa Maria took involvement and obtained one-half of the airport. It was in 1964 that the new renamed Santa Maria Public Airport was born.
Its 1st place is where what is currently Allan Hancock College. The final and current place of the airport is on Skyway Drive at the southern tip of town boundaries.
Facilities and aircraft
Santa Maria Public Airport covers an area of 2,516 acres (1,018 ha) which incorporates 2 asphalt paved landing track: 12/30 measure out 6,304 x 150 foot (1,921 x 46 m) and 2/20 measure out 5,130 x 75 foot (1,564 x 23 m).
For the 12-month time period finish December 31, 2007, the airport had 62,480 aircraft functioning, an mean of 171 per solar day: 79% civil aviation, 19% air cab, 2% armed forces and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 243 aircraft ground at this airport: 83% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 6% eggbeater, 3% jet plane, <1% sailplane and <1% ultralight.
Expansion
The airport desires to spread out 1 of its landing track in the desire to draw new air hose. It has opened an international usages installation on December 1, 2006, and airport functionaries desire that this would further new air hose to position paths to Santa Maria. The airport has also set about dialogues with Frontier Airlines in 2007, in trusts of set up a path on the low cost bearer to its Denver hub.Santa Maria is now out of the running for the Denver-based voyage. In August 2007 Allegiant Air added another path to Santa Maria from its new proclaimed focal point town at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. However the Phoenix-Santa Maria service has been stopped in May 2008. Allegiant Air has also spread out air service from Las Vegas to Santa Maria adding a Monday voyage to its schedule. Skywest, in late 2007 (which supplies current service to Los Angeles International Airport several clips a solar day), has architectural plans to add paths to destinations such as Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and other various key hubs. If Skywest sanctions of these paths Santa Maria Airport shall be 1 of a few airports that would offer voyages to leading towns dorsum east.
Airport functionaries have late opened the new, about 4,000-square-foot (370 mtwo) baggage demand installation, and have fixed the breaks in the floor. It is 1 of the 1st airports on the Central Coast to use a province of the art luggage roundabout (in a little scale) to present baggage to riders.
A new rider depot maintaining appartment was late opened. The old area was able to adapt only 30 riders. To manage the bigger crowds of riders that Allegiant Air voyages convey, the new maintaining appartment adapts 200 riders and has enough appartment for a new coffee bar.
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