Santa Maria Public Airport Map Print (SMX)

- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Santa Maria'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 Maria Public Airport (SMX), 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.
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.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
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.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
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.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Santa Maria'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 Maria Public Airport
Field elevation 261 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Santa Maria Public Airport Runway Diagram Print
Santa Maria Public Airport works two runways, and this print plots both to scale from the published runway data. Runway 12/30 is the long one at 8,004 feet by 150 feet, with the narrower 2/20 at 5,199 feet by 75 feet. Both are asphalt. Field elevation is 261 feet, and the magnetic variation of 14E sits small in the corner the way a chart carries it. Two strips of unequal length and unequal width, set at an angle to one another, give the sheet a lopsided geometry that belongs to this field and no other.
The Army built the place during the Second World War as Santa Maria Army Air Field, first to train B-25 bomber pilots. That training was given up by December 1942 and the field went quiet until Lockheed P-38 twin engine fighters arrived in September 1943. It also ran Estrella Army Airfield, near Paso Robles, as an auxiliary strip. Santa Barbara County and the city of Santa Maria took over the land and buildings through two grants in 1948, and the field became Santa Maria Public Airport in 1964. The Santa Maria Museum of Flight opened here in 1988. Military jets came back briefly in 2020, when six Hawker Hunters and two IAI Kfirs flew training from the field while Naval Air Station Point Mugu worked on its own airfield.
Carriers here have come and gone for decades. Allegiant has flown from Santa Maria since 2006, and American Eagle arrived in October 2025 with a daily flight to Phoenix before American dropped the airport on May 7, 2026. In 2024 the field logged 29,153 aircraft operations and about 26,000 passengers. None of that shows up in the drawing. What shows up is the shape: two runways at their published lengths and widths, the designators, and the 2,516 acres of open ground around them, composed from published airport information and available field depictions and set on a ground tone you choose. It reads as a clean graphic mark from across a room and rewards a closer look, which makes it a pointed gift for anyone who learned to fly on the Central Coast.
Santa Maria (SMX) print, common questions
How many runways does Santa Maria Public Airport have?
Two, both asphalt. Runway 12/30 measures 8,004 feet by 150 feet and runway 2/20 measures 5,199 feet by 75 feet. Both are drawn to scale in the print.
How long is the longest runway at SMX?
8,004 feet. That is runway 12/30, 150 feet wide, the long line that anchors the layout.
What is the field elevation at SMX?
261 feet above sea level, printed small in the corner of the diagram alongside the 14E magnetic variation.
Where is SMX, and what was it before?
Three miles south of Santa Maria, in northern Santa Barbara County, California. It was built by the Army during the Second World War as Santa Maria Army Air Field and became Santa Maria Public Airport in 1964. It also carries the name Capt. G. Allan Hancock Field.
How does the SMX print relate to the airport's layout?
Published airport information and available field depictions guide the SMX composition, including the runway designators and relative geometry. It is original wall art, so fine details may be simplified or omitted.
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