Sumter Airport is a public use
airport
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located north of the
central business district
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of
Sumter Sumter may refer to:
People Given name
* Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
* Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general
Surname
* Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
* Shavonda E. Sumt ...
, a city in
Sumter County,
South Carolina
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,
United States
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. 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
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for the
FAA and
IATA
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, Sumter Airport is assigned SMS by the FAA and SUM by the IATA (which assigned SMS to
Sainte Marie Airport
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in
Nosy Boraha
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It has a population e ...
,
Madagascar
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Aviation Safety Network: SMS / FMMS - Sainte Marie Airport, Madagascar
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Facilities and aircraft
Sumter Airport covers an area of at an elevation
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of 182 feet (55 m) above mean sea level
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. It has two runway
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s: 5/23 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with an asphalt
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surface; 14/32 is 3,081 by 120 feet (939 x 37 m) with a turf
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surface.general aviation
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, 3% air taxi
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History
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and <1% military
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. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ge ...
, 5 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 helicopter.
See also
* List of airports in South Carolina
References
External links
Sumter Airport (SMS)
airport data from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
IFR aircraft movements
from South Carolina Division of Aeronautics
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Airports in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Sumter County, South Carolina
Transportation in Sumter County, South Carolina