By now we all know that the City of Santa Monica and the FAA have reached a historic agreement (see here) to close down Santa Monica Airport (SMO) by the end of 2028 while shortening the runway immediately. Both the…
Protest Rally Against Scheduled Jet Service at SMO – Feb 4, 2017
————– UPDATE Feb 2, 2017: As a result of the City’s recent agreement with the FAA to close the airport by 2028 and shorten the runway immediately, JetSuite-X has cancelled all flights and is now refunding money to those who…
Return of the 250 Heading?
The FAA has just released full details of their new Metroplex plan. The entire document can be dowloaded from the FAA site here (you want the PDF document titled: SoCal Metroplex DEA Full Document (70 MB)), however this is 70 MB and extremely difficult…
Detailed Council Deliberations – March 24, 2015
https://casmat.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/March24Directions.m4v Here is a transcript of Council’s entire deliberations: Council Deliberations Transcript The entire one hour discussion ends with the following note of concern from the Mayor: Mc Keown: We have a motion on the floor and a second, but…
Updated List of SMO Accidents
Our thanks to Zina Josephs for updating the list of accidents and incidents associated with SMO. FOSP_Airport_accidents_SMO_March_2015
Santa Monica Airport – Vote YES on LC, NO on D!
Your “yes” vote on Santa Monica ballot measure LC will: Keep Santa Monica residents in control of our airport land, Preserve open space for the residents’ use, not special interests, Empower the City to end jet noise and jet air…
Santa Monica Airport – What Happens Next?
The content following the separating line below is derived from a document recently sent by CASMAT to Council regarding next steps to be taken at the Santa Monica Airport. Council will be taking various actions as a result of the signing of…