Santa Monica To Raise Landing Fees – Based Aircraft Exemption Eliminated

Posted on February 6th, 2019

Santa Monica Wants to Raise Landing Fees After more than three hours listening to nearly 100 comments from local residents and aviation advocates, members of the Santa Monica city council voted Tuesday night to adopt a resolution that will apply landing fees to all aircraft flying into Santa Monica Airport in Southern California, as well…

Santa Monica Lawsuit Against FAA May Determine Airport’s Fate

Posted on January 1st, 2019

The city of Santa Monica, Calif., has filed a complaint against the FAA that will force resolution of the issue of who controls the airport. The Santa Monica lawsuit, filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeks “to establish the City’s right to control future use of the…

Santa Monica Drops Efforts To Ban Large Aircraft

Posted on June 13th, 2011

City officials in Santa Monica, California, have announced that they will not contest a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that the city cannot ban Category C and D aircraft from Santa Monica Airport. That ruling agreed with an FAA decision that the city’s most recent attempt to ban the aircraft amounted to “unjust ‘and unreasonable”…

Federal court invalidates city’s jet ban at Santa Monica Airport

Posted on February 3rd, 2011

In an article in SMMirror.com by Hannah Heineman it was reported that on Jan. 21 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied Santa Monica’s appeal of a 2009 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decision that the City could not ban Category C and D jets from using Santa Monica Airport (SMO) for…