The final staff report to be presented at the April 30th City council meeting has been released and can be found here. Staff is recommending the adoption of a landing fee increase and the continued investigation of various means to…
Never mind carbon, lets talk decibel offsets
At the April 1st Airport Commission meeting, there were two main subjects up for discussion. The first (Item 2-A) was a presentation by City staff on the proposal to increase landing fees at SMO and to apply them to all…
SMO Health Impacts Forum – Apr 27, 2013
Links to Videos Relating to the SMO Issue
The following is a collection of links to videos relating to various aspects of the SMO issue. If you know of any other relevant videos, let us know and we will add it to the list. 1984 Santa Monica Airport…
SMO in the News – April 2013
The following articles relating to SMO have appeared in the press during April 2013: Survivors of mid-air collision interviewed by NTSB (LA Times, Apr 30, 2013) – VideoSecond body found in wreckage of plane crash in Santa Monica Mountains (ABC 7, Apr…
Video Summary of Santa Monica Airport Issue
At a recent talk entitled “The Santa Monica Airport Issue” given to a group largely unfamiliar with the details of the SMO situation, I was asked to make my slides available so that they could be checked for accuracy. This…
SPAA-CASMAT-CRAAP Graphics on the future of the airport
Yesterday’s (April 28) post by Frank Gruber says it all! Click image to enlarge – View hi-rez version (here) Click image to enlarge – View hi-rez version (here)