| Sumter Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: SUM – ICAO: KSMS – FAA LID: SMS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City & County of Sumter | ||
| Serves | Sumter, South Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 182 ft / 55 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 5,501 | 1,677 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 3,081 | 939 | Turf |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 48,300 | ||
| Based aircraft | 55 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
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. It is owned by the city and county of Sumter.[1]
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]).
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]