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color: black; font-size: 125%"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn org">Santa Monica Airport</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="nickname">Santa Monica Municipal Airport</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="nickname"><span style="font-size:85%;">Clover Field</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg/250px-Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg/375px-Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Santa_Monica_Airport_-_California.jpg 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="495" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">2006 USGS airphoto</div></td></tr><tr style="font-weight:bold;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="width:22.5em"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <span class="nickname">SMO</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <span class="nickname">KSMO</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#FAA_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <span class="nickname">SMO</span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Summary</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Airport type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Public</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data">Santa Monica Airport Commission</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Serves</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Greater Los Angeles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mar_Vista,_Los_Angeles" title="Mar Vista, Los Angeles">Mar Vista</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">April 15, 1923<span class="noprint">; 101 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1923-04-15</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-history_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation <a href="/wiki/Height_above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Height above sea level">AMSL</a></th><td class="infobox-data">54 m / 177 ft</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Santa_Monica_Airport&params=34_00_57_N_118_27_05_W_type:airport_region:US"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°00′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°27′05″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.01583°N 118.45139°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.01583; -118.45139</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data plainlinksneverexpand"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smgov.net/departments/airport">www<wbr />.smgov<wbr />.net<wbr />/departments<wbr />/airport</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_California_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="KSMO is located in California"><img alt="KSMO is located in California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/250px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/375px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/USA_California_location_map.svg/500px-USA_California_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1022" data-file-height="1171" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.668%;left:57.858%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KSMO"><img alt="KSMO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/10px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/15px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/20px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:6px;left:-3em"><div><b>KSMO</b></div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Santa Monica Airport</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_5ec51ee913b4da4b7a8d12f2f5ca9b8b04b03611"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Santa_Monica_Airport&revid=1274770530&groups=_5ec51ee913b4da4b7a8d12f2f5ca9b8b04b03611" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Santa_Monica_Airport&revid=1274770530&groups=_5ec51ee913b4da4b7a8d12f2f5ca9b8b04b03611 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black"><a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway"><span style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color:black;">Runways</span></a> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff;color:inherit;"> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 15%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 0 0; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Naming" title="Runway">Direction</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 50%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; text-align: center;">Length </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 35%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 0 1px; text-align: center;">Surface </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff;color:inherit;"> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">m </th> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">ft </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">03/21 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">1,067 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">3,500 </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black"><a href="/wiki/Helipad" title="Helipad"><span style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color:black;">Helipads</span></a> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff;color:inherit;"> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 15%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 0 0; text-align: center;">Number </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 50%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; text-align: center;">Length </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 35%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 0 1px; text-align: center;">Surface </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff;color:inherit;"> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">m </th> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">ft </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">H1 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">40 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">Asphalt </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #eee;color:inherit;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: left;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FAA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Santa Monica Airport</b> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>SMO</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>KSMO</b>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <b>SMO</b>) (Santa Monica Municipal Airport) is a <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> airport largely in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Greater Los Angeles</a> area. It opened on April 15, 1928,<sup id="cite_ref-history_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it one of the United States' oldest airports, and it has been one of the world's foremost general aviation airports (at one time, the busiest single-runway airport in the world).<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The airport is about 2 miles (3 km) from the Pacific Ocean (<a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Bay" title="Santa Monica Bay">Santa Monica Bay</a>) and 6 miles (10 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a> (LAX). The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Plan_of_Integrated_Airport_Systems" title="National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems">National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems</a> for 2009–2013 <a href="/wiki/FAA_airport_categories" title="FAA airport categories">categorized</a> it as a <i><a href="/wiki/Reliever_airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Reliever airport">reliever airport</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airport is scheduled to close at the end of 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Santa Monica Airport covers a total of 215 acres (87 ha) of land.<sup id="cite_ref-FAA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the airport's former <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_hangar" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft hangar">hangars</a>, the Barker Hangar, is in use as a public events venue, and is commonly used for a number of televised awards ceremonies and concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-SMDP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally <b>Clover Field</b>, after World War I aviator 2nd lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Greayer_Clover" title="Greayer Clover">Greayer "Grubby" Clover</a>, the airport was the home of the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Aircraft">Douglas Aircraft</a> company.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation" title="First aerial circumnavigation">first circumnavigation of the world by air</a>, accomplished by the U.S. Army in a fleet of special custom built aircraft named the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_World_Cruiser" title="Douglas World Cruiser">Douglas World Cruiser</a>, took off from Clover Field on <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a>, March 17, 1924, and returned there after some 28,000 miles (45,000 km).<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 13">: 13 </span></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Powder_Puff_Derby" class="mw-redirect" title="Powder Puff Derby">Powder Puff Derby</a> originated from Clover Field,<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the field hosted aircraft of pioneer aviators <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hughes" title="Howard Hughes">Howard Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Beery" title="Wallace Beery">Wallace Beery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Post" title="Wiley Post">Wiley Post</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cloverfield Boulevard — which confuses the field's naming for a crop of green rather than a fallen soldier — is a remnant of the airport's original name, as is the name of the <a href="/wiki/Cloverfield_(franchise)" title="Cloverfield (franchise)"><i>Cloverfield</i> film series</a>, which derives its name from that road.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clover Field was once the site of the Army's 40th Division Aviation, 115th Observation Squadron and became a Distribution Center after World War II. <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas Aircraft Company</a> was headquartered adjacent to Clover Field. Among other important aircraft built there, Douglas manufactured the entire Douglas Commercial "DC" series of reciprocating-engine-powered airliners including the <a href="/wiki/DC-1" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-1">DC-1</a> (a prototype), <a href="/wiki/DC-2" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-2">DC-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/DC-3" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-3">DC-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/DC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-4">DC-4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-5" title="Douglas DC-5">DC-5</a> (only 12 built), <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">DC-6</a> and <a href="/wiki/DC-7" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-7">DC-7</a>. During World War II, <a href="/wiki/B-18_Bolo" class="mw-redirect" title="B-18 Bolo">B-18 Bolo</a> and B-18A bombers and thousands of <a href="/wiki/C-47" class="mw-redirect" title="C-47">C-47</a> (military version of the DC-3) and <a href="/wiki/C-54" class="mw-redirect" title="C-54">C-54</a> (later the civilian DC-4) military transports were built at Santa Monica, during which time the airport area was cleverly disguised from the air with the construction of a false "town" (built with the help of Hollywood craftsmen) suspended atop it.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II">Post-World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transition_to_general_aviation_reliever_airport">Transition to general aviation reliever airport</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transition to general aviation reliever airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1958, Donald Douglas asked the city to lengthen the airport's runway so that Douglas Aircraft could produce and test the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-8" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-8">DC-8</a> there. The city, bowing to objections of residents, refused to do so, and Douglas closed a plant that had employed 44,000 workers in World War II, moving airliner production to <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Airport" title="Long Beach Airport">Long Beach Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the departure of Douglas, the airport became a principal <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> "reliever" airport for the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Greater Los Angeles</a> area, accommodating mostly business aircraft, training aircraft, and personal planes.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> (FAA), in exchange for an airport-development grant, contracted with the City of Santa Monica to ensure the airport land would be used for aviation services, including fuel, maintenance and <a href="/wiki/Fixed_base_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixed base operations">fixed base operations</a>, until 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Battles_to_limit_or_close_the_airport">Battles to limit or close the airport</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Battles to limit or close the airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in the late-1970s, the airport became the object of numerous political battles seeking to limit or close the airport—ultimately becoming a key precedent for various such airport battles across the nation—pitting local area residents, <a href="/wiki/Land_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Land developer">land developers</a> and local government against airport users and general aviation industry organizations, sometimes supported by the FAA.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, residents off the departure end of Runway 21 complained of noise, and the Santa Monica city government imposed a noise limit of 100 decibels on departing aircraft. Airport supporters, including airport users, the <a href="/wiki/General_Aviation_Manufacturers_Association" title="General Aviation Manufacturers Association">General Aviation Manufacturers Association</a> (GAMA), <a href="/wiki/National_Business_Aircraft_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="National Business Aircraft Association">National Business Aircraft Association</a> (NBAA), and <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Owners_and_Pilots_Association" title="Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association">Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association</a> (AOPA), fought the city in federal court.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in their first conflict, the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals">Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals</a> ruled that a city could impose reasonable restrictions on airport activity and noise. The City responded by preparing 85 decibel restrictions, which threatened to oust most aircraft from the field. It also began other actions against the airport, including evictions of most aviation operators.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further, in 1981, the airport's 215 acres (87 hectares) occupied five percent of the usable land of Santa Monica, in the heart of the burgeoning population of the Greater Los Angeles area, making it highly desirable real estate for development. One study indicated that intense development of the airport land could double the city's revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the city was mostly populated by apartment renters, and rent-cost control was a primary motivating factor in city elections at the time, with the result that liberal candidates who had expressed the desire to close the airport, and/or develop new low-cost housing, were elected to 6 of the 7 city council seats.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_1981_08_barryschiff_com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Battles between opponents and defenders of the airport have continued, with various court decisions and FAA legal opinions emerging, favoring one side or the other. However the airport has remained open throughout the rest of the 20th Century, and into the 21st.<sup id="cite_ref-smo_update_2012_05_08_flyingmag_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smo_update_2012_05_08_flyingmag-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smo_closure_2020_11_23_smmirror_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smo_closure_2020_11_23_smmirror-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, with jet traffic increasing at SMO, studies by <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California Los Angeles">UCLA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Air_Quality_Management_District" title="South Coast Air Quality Management District">South Coast Air Quality Management District</a> warned that SMO was a source of abnormally high air pollution in the area, particularly for <a href="/wiki/Ultrafine_particle" title="Ultrafine particle">ultrafine particles</a> that threatened the health of children and the elderly, and those with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In neighborhoods downwind of the airport, ultrafine particles were measured at 2.5 to 10 times the normal amount. The FAA attempted remediation by controlling the timing of engine run-ups and positioning of aircraft, but some residents complained that the measures failed to resolve the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-smo_pollution_2009_11_19_latimes_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smo_pollution_2009_11_19_latimes-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the FAA agreed to let the city shorten the runway from 4,925 feet (1,501 m) to 3,500 feet (1,100 m)—effectively blocking most jets from using the airport—and allowing the city to completely close the airport by 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-faa_finds_2019_12_03_flyingmag_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faa_finds_2019_12_03_flyingmag-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A legal challenge to the agreement, backed by the NBAA, failed in court.<sup id="cite_ref-santa_monica_scores_2020_10_29_smmirror_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-santa_monica_scores_2020_10_29_smmirror-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="21st_Century_political/social/cultural_events"><span id="21st_Century_political.2Fsocial.2Fcultural_events"></span>21st Century political/social/cultural events</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 21st Century political/social/cultural events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Frieze_Art_Fair" title="Frieze Art Fair">Frieze Art Fair</a> announced that its Los Angeles edition would move to the airport in 2023, occupying a massive temporary tent designed by <a href="/wiki/Kulapat_Yantrasast" title="Kulapat Yantrasast">Kulapat Yantrasast</a>’s architecture firm WHY and hosting more than 100 exhibitors in addition to expanded programming and activations.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. Presidents <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (in 2019) and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (in 2022 and 2023) both landed at SMO during visits to the area—arriving in their <a href="/wiki/Marine_One" title="Marine One">Marine One</a> helicopter, after first arriving at <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a> aboard <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trump_to_smo_2019_09_17_smmirror_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trump_to_smo_2019_09_17_smmirror-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-biden_at_smo_2022_10_14_smmirror_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biden_at_smo_2022_10_14_smmirror-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KSMO_east.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/KSMO_east.jpg/220px-KSMO_east.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/KSMO_east.jpg/330px-KSMO_east.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/KSMO_east.jpg/440px-KSMO_east.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2196" data-file-height="1494" /></a><figcaption>Facing east toward <a href="/wiki/Century_City,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Century City, California">Century City</a> and landing aircraft</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf/page1-220px-SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="338" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf/page1-330px-SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf/page1-440px-SMO_-_FAA_Airport_Diagram.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1237" /></a><figcaption>Airport diagram of Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO, SMO), after the runway length change in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The airport has a control tower. On average, it handled 296 operations a day (for the 12 months – ended July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traffic decreased to 83,381 annual operations in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Santa Monica Airport is one of many general aviation airports in the nation that is surrounded on some sides by residential development, the City of Santa Monica aggressively enforces one of the most stringent noise ordinances in the nation. In addition to responding to the community's noise concerns and enforcing the City's Aircraft Noise Ordinance, which includes a maximum allowable noise level, curfew hours and certain operational limitations, airport staff is involved in a variety of supplementary activities intended to reduce the overall impact of aircraft operations on the residential areas surrounding the airport. The following procedures and limitations are enforced in accordance with the noise ordinance. Violations may result in the imposition of fines and/or exclusion from Santa Monica Airport. </p> <ul><li>Maximum Noise Level – A maximum noise level of 95.0 dBA Single Event Noise Exposure Level, measured at noise monitor sites 1,500 feet from each end of the runway, is enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are no additional noise monitoring stations along the flight pattern, which is routed entirely over residential neighborhoods.</li> <li>Night Departure Curfew – No takeoffs or engine starts are permitted between 11 pm and 7 am Monday through Friday, or until 8 am on weekends. Exceptions are allowed for bona fide medical or public safety emergencies only.</li> <li>Operational Limitations – Touch-and-go, stop-and-go, and low approaches are prohibited on weekends, holidays, and weekdays from one half-hour after sunset until 7 am the following day.</li></ul> <p>In addition, there are numerous recommended noise abatement procedures and limitations that have been incorporated into the airport's Fly Neighborly Program and included in the program's outreach materials. </p><p>The aviation aspects of aircraft operations at the Santa Monica Airport and use of the nation's airspace is regulated by the federal government through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The City is jurisdictionally preempted by federal law from establishing or enforcing new local laws that would affect aircraft operations or the use of airspace around the Santa Monica Airport.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Typhoon Restaurant (now closed) was the only restaurant on the airport property with a runway view. The former Spitfire Grill, now the Cloverfield restaurant, is across Airport Avenue. The restaurant The Hump was closed in 2010 after its chef and owner were arrested for serving whale meat.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Flying" title="Museum of Flying">Museum of Flying</a> at the airport houses a collection of historic aircraft. A new facility was built on the south side of the airport and is now open. </p><p>One of the airport's oldest buildings, next to the restored Douglas DC-3, hosts the U.S. Civil Air Patrol's Clover Field Composite Squadron 51. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landing_fees">Landing fees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Landing fees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 1, 2005, the Santa Monica City Council implemented a landing fee program (Resolution No. 9855) for all aircraft based on a uniform rate of $2.07 per 1000 pounds of maximum certificated gross landing weight. Since the Santa Monica Airport receives no federal, state or local funding to operate, the landing fees fill the gap between other airport revenue and the cost of operations.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 13, 2013, the rates were increased to $5.48 per 1,000 pounds of maximum certificated gross landing weight.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport_Park">Airport Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Airport Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airport Park opened as an 8.3-acre (3.4 ha) public park on recaptured aviation lands at the southeast corner of the airport. The park<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> features a synthetic turf soccer field, open green space and off-leash dog area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barker_Hangar">Barker Hangar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Barker Hangar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Santa Monica Airport includes Barker Hangar, a former aircraft hangar that was converted to a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m<sup>2</sup>) entertainment venue.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hangar was originally built in 1954 by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lear" title="Bill Lear">Bill Lear</a>, inventor and founder of the jet manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Learjet" title="Learjet">Learjet</a>. He intended to use the hangar to build a private fleet of jets, but was denied permission by the city. Lear thus sold the building to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Airmotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Airmotive">Pacific Airmotive</a>, who then rented the space to private jet owners. After Pacific Airmotive went out of business in 1969, the hangar was sold to former Pacific Airmotive engineer James Barker, who then used the building for aviation-contract engineering. After he died of leukemia in 1986, his daughter Judi converted the hangar to the present-day events venue.<sup id="cite_ref-SMDP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hangar has hosted a variety of events, including boxing matches, art presentations, movies, concerts, wine and food festivals, and trade shows.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2005 album <i><a href="/wiki/INXS:_Live_at_Barker_Hangar" title="INXS: Live at Barker Hangar">INXS: Live at Barker Hangar</a></i> is a live recording of a 1993 concert held at the hanger by Australian rock band <a href="/wiki/INXS" title="INXS">INXS</a>. Award shows hosted at the Barker Hangar include the <a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_%26_TV_Awards" title="MTV Movie & TV Awards">MTV Movie & TV Awards</a>, the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Awards" title="NBA Awards">NBA Awards</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Awards" title="People's Choice Awards">People's Choice Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SMDP_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also used as a small-scale <a href="/wiki/Supermarket" title="Supermarket">supermarket</a> set for the 2020 version of <i><a href="/wiki/Supermarket_Sweep" title="Supermarket Sweep">Supermarket Sweep</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-firstfootage_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstfootage-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KSMO_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/KSMO_21.jpg/300px-KSMO_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/KSMO_21.jpg/450px-KSMO_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/KSMO_21.jpg/600px-KSMO_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2172" data-file-height="1416" /></a><figcaption>Approaching Santa Monica Airport from the east (2005)</figcaption></figure> <p>The city has invited the public to offer input regarding the airport's future.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Santa Monica sued the federal government seeking to void a 1948 agreement in which the city agreed to keep the land for aviation use in perpetuity in exchange for title to the property.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 13, 2014, Judge John F. Walter dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that the city's "quiet title action" was barred by the statute of limitations and that the other issues would not be ripe for a judicial decision until the city decides definitively whether it will close the airport.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city appealed on October 14, 2014, citing the expiration of the 1948 agreement, after which FAA had agreed to release control of the city-owned parcel. The appeal also noted that the FAA's leasehold, granted during World War II, was for that purpose alone, and could not be transformed into a larger interest (such as a permanent taking of city land by FAA demanding use of the land for air-travel purposes in perpetuity).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has yet been no finally conclusive legal decision, nor any preclusive agreement reached between the city and the aviation interests/FAA. An array of issues exists, which are still hotly debated in local, state, and national political arenas – as well as the courts. </p><p>The consensus opinion is that the many issues will ultimately be decided in the courts, with the dates of transfer-of-control being the central issues. In November 2014, voters passed the city-council-sponsored Measure LC, with a 60% "yes" vote. Measure LC places limitations on land use once the airport is closed. It proscribes commercial development, limiting development of the land to "public parks, recreational facilities or open space."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it allows the city council to decide what constitutes such facilities and to replace existing structures without voter approval. </p><p>Cited reasons for public support of airport closure are an alleged threat to safety, despite no ground fatalities in the neighborhood around the airport in over a century,<sup id="cite_ref-45years_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45years-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a November 26, 1993, crash by a student pilot into an apartment building directly adjacent to a gasoline filling station, in a densely populated area of the city, and resulting in three fatalities (none on the ground).<sup id="cite_ref-45years_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45years-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The western parcel of the land on which the airport sits was to revert to city control, on June 15, 2015, of this sub-parcel of the city-owned land, by expiry of prior city-FAA agreements.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One tactic recommended by airport opponents is to demolish the portion of the runway which sits upon this land, with the primary justification being safety. That is, at a minimum, the allowance of a buffer between the end of the runway and residential houses – currently 300 feet away – more preferably with the installation of aircraft-arrestors to prevent any runway overshoot from rolling past the runway and into the residential homes. The FAA offered such an arrestor system to the city in 2008, but this offer was rebuffed.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 28, 2017, it was announced that Santa Monica city officials and the Federal Aviation Administration had reached an agreement to close the Santa Monica Airport on December 31, 2028, and return 227 acres of aviation land to the city for eventual redevelopment. It is anticipated that the airport land will be redeveloped into areas for parks, open space, recreation, education and/or cultural use.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an attempt to reduce jet traffic, the city decided to shorten the runway from 4,973 feet to 3,500 feet by repainting the runway and moving some navigational aids.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The runway shortening was completed on December 23, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents">Accidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Accidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On Labor Day weekend in 1989, a P-51 Mustang crashed into a home on Wade Street near Brooklake Street in Mar Vista. The pilot and passenger were both injured.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During take-off, a piston rod broke, causing complete and sudden loss of power. The pilot, Robert E. Guilford, opted to try a return to the airport rather than ditch in the ocean as it was full of Labor Day beachgoers. The P-51 crashed into the house and then onto the street, spilling aviation fuel but never catching on fire.</li> <li>On November 26, 1993, about 1042 hours Pacific standard time, a Siai-Marchetti F-260, N126MJ, was destroyed during a collision sequence with telephone lines, trees, and an apartment building in a residential area of Santa Monica, California. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight and no flight plan was filed. The ATP rated instructor pilot succumbed to his injuries 15 days after the accident. The student rated pilot and the third seat passenger were both fatally injured. The flight originated at the Santa Monica airport at 1037 as a local area flight.</li> <li>In 1994, the pilot of a single-engine <a href="/wiki/Piper_Saratoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Piper Saratoga">Piper Saratoga</a> died when a fuel system misconfiguration led to an in-flight engine shutdown. The aircraft stalled in a subsequent 180 degree turn for a forced emergency landing and struck the ground, which resulted in a post-crash fire.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 28, 2001, an inexperienced pilot rented a Cessna 172 at the airport and subsequently lost control of the aircraft over the Pacific Ocean upon encountering dark, <a href="/wiki/Instrument_meteorological_conditions" title="Instrument meteorological conditions">instrument meteorological conditions</a>. Three were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On November 13, 2001, the pilot of a twin-engine <a href="/wiki/Cessna" title="Cessna">Cessna</a> failed to remove the <a href="/wiki/Gust_lock" title="Gust lock">gust locks</a> prior to startup and two were killed when the aircraft overran the runway after an attempt to abort the takeoff was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 13, 2006, game-show host <a href="/wiki/Peter_Tomarken" title="Peter Tomarken">Peter Tomarken</a> and his wife Kathleen died when his <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Bonanza" title="Beechcraft Bonanza">Beechcraft Bonanza</a> crashed during climb-out from the airport. The aircraft had engine trouble and attempted to turn back before crashing into <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Bay" title="Santa Monica Bay">Santa Monica Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On January 13, 2008, a home-built aircraft ran off the end of runway 21 after a brake failure, jumped over the hillside, landing on a service road. The three passengers on board were not hurt, although the kit-built aircraft was damaged severely. The runway was closed for 20 minutes.</li> <li>On January 28, 2009, a single-engine <a href="/wiki/SIAI-Marchetti_SF.260" title="SIAI-Marchetti SF.260">SIAI-Marchetti SF.260</a> lost power following takeoff and attempted to return to the airport. The aircraft struck the ground on the north side of runway 21 and caught fire, killing pilot Paulo Emanuele, general manager of <a href="/wiki/Airliners.net" title="Airliners.net">Airliners.net</a>, and passenger Martin Schaedel, an Internet entrepreneur. Investigators determined a probable cause was the pilot's failure to select the proper fuel tank for takeoff, which resulted in a loss of engine power.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On August 2, 2009, a <a href="/wiki/Rutan_Long-EZ" title="Rutan Long-EZ">Rutan Long-EZ</a> experienced engine failure after takeoff. The pilot attempted to turn back to the runway, but crashed on the taxiway in the process of landing. The pilot, flying alone, was severely injured and the airplane was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On July 1, 2010, a <a href="/wiki/Cessna_152" title="Cessna 152">Cessna 152</a>, crashed into the Penmar Golf Course shortly after take-off. The pilot was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On August 29, 2011, a student pilot operating a small plane crashed into a home at 21st Street and Navy Street after take-off.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pilot was soloing and encountered a problem with his airspeed indicator and returned but used too much runway for a safe landing. Having been instructed by the tower to perform a go-around, the pilot obliged but stalled the aircraft into a residence. The pilot was seriously injured and two of the three painters performing work on the home suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was totalled.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 29, 2013, a twin-engine <a href="/wiki/Cessna_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cessna Citation">Cessna Citation</a> business jet that had just landed veered off the runway and crashed into a hangar, causing the hangar to collapse and setting fire to several other hangars.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pilot and his adult son were both killed.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 5, 2015, actor <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a>'s 1942 Ryan <a href="/wiki/PT-22" class="mw-redirect" title="PT-22">PT-22</a> Recruit began having engine trouble at 2:25 pm right after take-off from Santa Monica Airport and the pilot attempted a 180 degree turn to return to the airport. The aircraft did not have sufficient airspeed and altitude to complete the emergency maneuver and was forced to make an emergency landing on the Penmar Golf Course a few hundred meters from the runway. Ford was attended at the crash scene by a spine surgeon who was practicing at the golf course and assisted in extricating Ford from the aircraft in case it caught fire.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 8, 2022, at 4:26 p.m. PDT, a Sport Cruiser housing a CFI and a student, stalled and crashed into runway 21 on landing, killing both occupants.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_World_War_II_Army_Airfields" class="mw-redirect" title="California World War II Army Airfields">California World War II Army Airfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.C._Barthel" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Barthel">J.C. Barthel</a>, who planned to establish "an aerial passenger service," 1922</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Army_Air_Forces_Redistribution_Center" title="Santa Monica Army Air Forces Redistribution Center">Santa Monica Army Air Forces Redistribution Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_during_World_War_II" title="California during World War II">California during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Los_Angeles_area" title="List of airports in the Los Angeles area">List of airports in the Los Angeles area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Hampton_Airport" title="East Hampton Airport">East Hampton Airport</a> - Facing similar pressures to close</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Monica_Airport&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2007/March-2007/03_28_07_FAA_WArns_City.htm">Runway Safety</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/default.aspx?airportID=SMO">FAA Airport Form 5010 for SMO</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Portable_Document_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Document Format">PDF</a></small></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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title="Christine Emerson Reed Park">Christine Emerson Reed Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Park_(Santa_Monica)" title="Douglas Park (Santa Monica)">Douglas Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandara_Park" title="Gandara Park">Gandara Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heal_the_Bay_Aquarium" title="Heal the Bay Aquarium">Heal the Bay Aquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishihara_Park" title="Ishihara Park">Ishihara Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Braude_Bike_Trail" title="Marvin Braude Bike Trail">Marvin Braude Bike Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Park" title="Pacific Park">Pacific Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park_(Santa_Monica)" title="Palisades Park (Santa Monica)">Palisades Park (Santa Monica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Looff_Hippodrome" title="Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome">Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Stairs" title="Santa Monica Stairs">Santa Monica Stairs</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Public Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chain_Reaction_(sculpture)" title="Chain Reaction (sculpture)">Chain Reaction</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cradle_(sculpture)" title="Cradle (sculpture)">Cradle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gestation_III" title="Gestation III">Gestation III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_David_Lynch" title="Head of David Lynch">Head of David Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_(sculpture)" title="Santa Monica (sculpture)">Santa Monica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergamot_(arts_center)" title="Bergamot (arts center)">Bergamot Station Arts Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Heritage_Museum" title="California Heritage Museum">California Heritage Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Flying" title="Museum of Flying">Museum of Flying</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Hotels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beacon_Hotel_(Santa_Monica)" title="The Beacon Hotel (Santa Monica)">The Beacon Hotel (Santa Monica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmont_Miramar_Hotel_%26_Bungalows" title="Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows">Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Hotel" title="Georgian Hotel">Georgian Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Santa_Monica_Hotel_%26_Suites" title="Hilton Santa Monica Hotel & Suites">Hilton Santa Monica Hotel & Suites</a></li> <li><a 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