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KSMS · SUM

Sumter Airport

33.99500°N
-80.36130°W
ARR / DAY
2
28.6%
DEP / DAY
3
5.0%

Sumter Airport (KSMS/SUM) is a small general aviation airport located in Sumter, SC, 39 mi east of Columbia. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
METAR KSMS 270650Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR FEW020 BKN043 OVC050 22/22 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

05
42% of ops
31 land · 13 TO
14
32% of ops
24 land · 11 TO
32
18% of ops
13 land · 9 TO
23
8% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 05 carries 42% of operations (31 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 32%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

05 31 landings
UA 6%
14 24 landings
UA 0%
32 13 landings
UA 0%
23 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 31 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
5.4
flights/day · 161 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 10am · 2pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.2 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (21% of 142 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 125.400
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 118.075
COLUMBIA 124.700
OTHER 124.700
COLUMBIA 269.550
OTHER 269.550
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL
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