The following articles relating to SMO have appeared in the press lately: Helicopter ‘Noise Relief’ Bill Garners More Local Support (Santa Monica Patch – Jan 25, 2012)Why its Tough to fight Pollution at SMO (Santa Monica Patch – Jan 24,…
Report on the Accuracy of the new SMO Tail Number System
In response to community requests, Santa Monica Airport recently began posting (here) monthly tail number reports derived from the newly installed system from “Vector Airport Solutions” designed to recognize aircraft tail numbers as they take off in order to administer…
SMO in the News
Not surprisingly, coverage of and community reaction to, the SMO flight school voluntary night time pattern flying reduction tops the news (see also the previous CASMAT post): Setting the record straight (Santa Monica Daily Press – Dec 29, 2011)Flight Schools…
Airport Open House
The airport is holding an open house this Saturday Dec 10 (10AM – 2PM) designed to inform the public about the airport. This open house is a prelude to phase 2 of the city’s airport visioning process which will consist…
SMO in the News
The airport visioning process, and the public perception of flaws in that process, continue to be the focus as far as SMO is concerned. In particular the city is now questioning the role of the airport commission and that of…
Analysis of SMO Flight Traffic Oct/Nov 2011
Conducted during 4 days in October and November, 2011. A total 269 flights were observed. Averaged over all four days, 61% of all traffic was flight school and training related. On Friday November 18, Justice Aviation alone accounted for 59% of all…
Flight Schools Agree to Reduce Night Pattern Flying
As a result of community pressure, flight schools at SMO have agreed to a voluntary reduction in pattern flying activity during the evenings. The following was the official city press release today: SANTA MONICA AIRPORT FLIGHT SCHOOLS AGREE TO IMPLEMENT…