Santa Monica Municipal Airport Map Print (SMO)

SMO KSMO Santa Monica, California

$55 ✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your SMO artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Santa Monica's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

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Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Santa Monica's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Santa Monica Municipal

SMO · Santa Monica, California

34.0158° N · 118.4513° W
Field elevation 170 ft

Identifier

SMO

ICAO code

KSMO

Field elevation

170ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

12°E

Runways

03/213,500 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Santa Monica Municipal Airport Runway Diagram Print

Santa Monica Municipal works one runway, 03/21, 3,500 feet long and 150 feet wide on an asphalt surface, and the print hands that lone strip the entire canvas. In the image the runway runs corner to corner on a long diagonal, dark and unbroken, with the 3 end at lower left and the 21 end at upper right. Nothing crosses it. What fills the rest of the field is the supporting cast: taxiway loops, apron edges and rows of hangar blocks packed tight along both flanks, which is what gives a single strip layout enough texture to hold a wall.

The field opened in 1923 as Clover Field, named for World War I aviator Greayer Clover, and was home to the Douglas Aircraft company, which makes it one of the oldest airports in the United States. The Douglas World Cruiser fleet left here in 1924 on the first circumnavigation of the world by air and came back to the same ground. In 1958 the city declined to lengthen the runway for DC-8 work, and Douglas moved airliner production to Long Beach. After 1958 the airport settled into its long run as a general aviation reliever field for the Greater Los Angeles area.

Geography explains the shape. The airport sits about 2 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 6 miles north of Los Angeles International Airport, on 215 acres wedged into the city street grid, and the runway was shortened to its published 3,500 feet in 2017. The field is scheduled to close in 2028, which gives this diagram a particular weight for anyone who trained, based or flew here. Printed large, the diagonal reads as one clean line across the sheet, with the identifier, coordinates and the 170 foot elevation set quietly in the lower corner.

Santa Monica (SMO) print, common questions

How many runways does SMO have?

One. Runway 03/21 measures 3,500 feet by 150 feet with an asphalt surface, and the print shows it as a single diagonal strip with the ends marked 3 and 21.

What is SMO and where is it?

SMO is the identifier for Santa Monica Municipal in Santa Monica, California, at roughly 34.0158 N, 118.4513 W. It is a general aviation airport in the Greater Los Angeles area, about 2 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

How high is the airport?

The field elevation is 170 feet. That figure is printed in the corner block beneath the coordinates, alongside the SMO identifier.

How accurate is the layout on the print?

The diagram is plotted from published airport information for the current charting cycle, so the single runway, its 3,500 by 150 foot published proportions and the surrounding taxiway and apron shapes all follow the published runway data. It is composed as artwork for a wall, and fine details may be simplified or omitted. Pavement markings, signage and small service structures are the usual examples.

What formats and sizes can I get this in?

Four formats: Fine Art Print, Framed Fine Art Print, Glossy Metal Print and Digital Download. Physical pieces are made to order in a range of sizes, and the digital option is a file you download. Because the SMO layout is one long diagonal, larger sizes let the runway breathe, while smaller sizes still read cleanly.

Does this work as a gift for a pilot?

Yes, especially for anyone with hours at SMO. Santa Monica trained and based a lot of general aviation flying, and the field is scheduled to close in 2028, so a diagram of the 03/21 layout lands as a keepsake rather than generic aviation decor. Pick the colorway you choose to suit the room it is going into.