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SLC to SMX: distance & flight time
Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport) → Santa Maria (Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field)
616 mi
991 km · 535 nm
1h 48m
estimated nonstop flight time
-1h
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
616 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 48m gate to gate, flying southwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- SLC — Salt Lake City International Airport · Salt Lake City, United States
- SMX — Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field · Santa Maria, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near SLC
- HIF · Hill Air Force Base23 mi away
- OGD · Ogden Hinckley Airport28 mi away
- PVU · Provo Municipal Airport42 mi away
- BMC · Brigham City Regional Airport53 mi away
Near SMX
- VBG · Vandenberg Air Force Base13 mi away
- LPC · Lompoc Airport16 mi away
- SBP · San Luis County Regional Airport26 mi away
- SQA · Santa Ynez Airport30 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SLC from SMX?
The flight distance from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Santa Maria (SMX) is 616 miles (991 km, 535 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SLC to SMX?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 48m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from SLC to SMX?
Nonstop service on SLC–SMX depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 48m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Salt Lake City and Santa Maria?
Santa Maria is 1 hour behind Salt Lake City.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SLC to SMX?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SLC–SMX that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SLC to SMX fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SLC–SMX tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.