SMA — Santa Maria Airport
- IATA code
- SMA
- ICAO code
- LPAZ
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 125,952
- 2025 · −0.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 3
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−1 / UTC
- Atlantic/Azores
- Elevation
- 94 m
- 308 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,048 m
Jan–Apr 2026: 31,110 passengers, +3.2% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About SMA
Santa Maria Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Vila do Porto, Portugal. It is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. 125,952 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from SMA.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SMA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SMA → PDL | 97 km | 107,677 |
| SMA → JFK | 4,188 km | 170 |
| SMA → EWR | 4,220 km | 125 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PDL | João Paulo II Airport | 97 km |
| TER | Lajes Airport | 261 km |
| SJZ | São Jorge Airport | 324 km |
| PIX | Pico Airport | 337 km |
| GRW | Graciosa Airport | 344 km |
Distance from SMA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,048 m | 60 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Vila do Porto, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal · 36.9714, -25.1706
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