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Santa Maria airport in Vila do Porto (Portugal)
Santa Maria airport is located near Vila do Porto, with Santa Ana at 1mi↑, Vila do Porto at 1mi↑, Valverde at 3mi↑, Senhora da Piedade at 53mi↑, Ribeira Quente at 53mi↑, Vila Franca do Campo at 54mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Portugal and Southernmost airports in Portugal
→ See also airports in Portugal
aerial view of Santa Maria airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LPAZ
- IATA code : SMA
- Local code : -
Elevation : 94 m = 308ft
→ See also Highest airports in Portugal and Lowest airports in Portugal
Runways
- runway 18/36 : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 15/33 : 306m = 1004ft
- runway 04/22 : 102m = 335ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Portugal
Coming to Santa Maria airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Santa Maria airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- João Paulo II airport at 61mi : book on Transavia Iberia Vueling
- Lajes airport at 162mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
METAR for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
LPAZ 200200Z 32013KT 9999 SCT017 15/12 Q1029
Decoded METAR for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
METAR issued by LPAZ on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 02:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 156 hours and -8602 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 15°C = 59°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 82 %.
QNH is 1029hPa = 30.39inHg
Wind 24km/h = 13kt, direction is 320°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1700ft = 520m.
TAF for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
LPAZ 192300Z 2000/2106 30015KT 9999 SCT025 PROB30 TEMPO 2000/2004 30018G30KT 6000 -RA SCT012 BKN020 BECMG 2004/2006 34015KT TEMPO 2006/2106 FEW018 BKN030 PROB40 TEMPO 2006/2102 34018G30KT
Decoded TAF for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
TAF issued by LPAZ on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 23:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 15 hours and 38 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, December 19, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, December 19, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
2000/2106 30015KT 9999 SCT025
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, December 19, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, December 19, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2000/2004 30018G30KT 6000 -RA SCT012 BKN020
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
light rain
scattered clouds at 1200ft = 370m broken at 2000ft = 610m
becoming from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2004/2006 34015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 340°
temporarily from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2006/2106 FEW018 BKN030
few clouds at 1800ft = 550m broken at 3000ft = 910m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 2006/2102 34018G30KT
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 340°
VAC for Santa Maria airport LPAZ SMA
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Santa Maria airport
Around Santa Maria airport in Vila do Porto (Portugal)
near
- Hotels in Santa Ana
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 1248mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 1294mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 1295mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 1295mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 1295mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 1296mi↑
- San Sebastian at 1296mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 1312mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1312mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1313mi↑
- Hotel Arena (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1314mi↑
- Hôtel St-Julien (Biarritz) at 1319mi↑
- for Santa Maria airport at 0mi↑
- for João Paulo II airport at 61mi↑
- for Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo airport at 61mi↑
nearest airports to Santa Maria airport in Vila do Porto (Portugal)
- João Paulo II airport (LPPD PDL ) at 61mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo heliport ( PT-0011) at 61mi↑
- Lajes airport (LPLA TER ) at 162mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- São Jorge airport (LPSJ SJZ ) at 201mi↑NOTAM
- Pico airport (LPPI PIX ) at 209mi↑NOTAM
- Graciosa airport (LPGR GRW ) at 214mi↑NOTAM
- Horta airport (LPHR HOR ) at 221mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Flores airport (LPFL FLW ) at 366mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Corvo airport (LPCR CVU ) at 372mi↑NOTAM
- Porto Moniz heliport (LPMZ ) at 535mi↑NOTAM
- Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital heliport (LPCC ) at 555mi↑NOTAM
- Madeira airport (LPMA FNC ) at 560mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Porto Santo airport (LPPS PXO ) at 567mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Los Llanos heliport ( ES-0307) at 712mi↑
- La Palma airport (GCLA SPC ) at 719mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hierro airport (GCHI VDE ) at 762mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Portugal
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap