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LPC to SMO: distance & flight time
Lompoc (Lompoc Airport) → Santa Monica (Santa Monica Municipal Airport)
124 mi
199 km · 107 nm
48m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
124 miles nonstop takes roughly 48m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- LPC — Lompoc Airport · Lompoc, United States
- SMO — Santa Monica Municipal Airport · Santa Monica, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LPC
- VBG · Vandenberg Air Force Base8 mi away
- SMX · Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field16 mi away
- SQA · Santa Ynez Airport23 mi away
- SBA · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport39 mi away
Near SMO
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport6 mi away
- HHR · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport9 mi away
- BUR · Bob Hope Airport14 mi away
- VNY · Van Nuys Airport14 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LPC from SMO?
The flight distance from Lompoc (LPC) to Santa Monica (SMO) is 124 miles (199 km, 107 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LPC to SMO?
A nonstop flight takes about 48m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from LPC to SMO?
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