KSMS
Sumter Airport
VFR
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Name
Sumter Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KSMS / SUM / KSMS
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- Region
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Timezone
9:36 am (EST)
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Municipality
Sumter
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Coordinates
33° 59′ 41″ N 80° 21′ 40″ E
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Elevation
182 ft (55 m MSL)
About Sumter Airport
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. The airport is owned and operated by the Sumter County under an Airport Commission structure and has a county appointed airport manager, Jeff Knauer.
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 (which assigned SMS to Sainte Marie Airport in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar).