AirportsSainte Marie Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Vohilava, in Toamasina, Madagascar. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SMS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SMS
- ICAO code
- FMMS
- City
- Vohilava
- State or region
- Toamasina
- Country
- Madagascar
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 17.0939° S, 49.8158° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,052 m (3,451 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SMS means Sainte Marie Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FMMS. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.0939° S, 49.8158° E. It stands 2 metres (7 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Toamasina, about 125 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Indian/Antananarivo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sainte Marie Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,052 metres (3,451 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 13 airports of Madagascar on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,052 m 3,451 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Toamasina Ambalamanasy AirportToamasina | TMM | 122 km |
| Maroantsetra AirportMaroantsetra | WMN | 185 km |
| Tsaratanana AirportTsaratanana | TTS | 237 km |
| Ivato International AirportAntananarivo | TNR | 311 km |
| Sambava AirportSambava | SVB | 315 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,863 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,747 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,747 km | 6 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,045 km | 11 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,050 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 17,804 km | 21 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,280 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,099 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,957 km | 12 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.