KSMS Sumter

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 020° true at 4 kt · VFR · 53 min old · from KCKI (30.1 nm away)

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5 33% 5501 ft · 4 kt head, 2 kt x-left · right traffic

32 27% 3081 ft · 2 kt head, 4 kt x-right · right traffic

14 22% 3081 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

23 18% 5501 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 4 kt headwind, 2 kt left crosswind 53 min ago +0.14
PRIOR runway length 5501 ft +0.06

Runway 32

PRIOR runway length 3081 ft -0.06
WIND 2 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 53 min ago +0.04

Runway 14

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 53 min ago -0.16
PRIOR runway length 3081 ft -0.06

Runway 23

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt right crosswind 53 min ago -0.50
PRIOR runway length 5501 ft +0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	53 min	Nearest station KCKI (30.1 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KSMS field & runways

Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. Field elevation 182 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 7.0°W on record, 8.2°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.042°/year west — about 1° every 24 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
14	134.1°	142.3°	matches	3,081 ft	TURF	left
23	223.0°	231.2°	matches	5,501 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
32	314.1°	322.3°	matches	3,081 ft	TURF	right
5	43.0°	51.2°	matches	5,501 ft	ASPH	right

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KSMS ☆ Sumter