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SMO Sectional Chart
The Santa Monica Airport Association was incorporated in 1967 to promote, perpetuate and protect the Santa
Monica Municipal Airport. Whether your interest is aviation business, aircraft owner, pilot, student, instructor, or
concerned neighbor, the Santa Monica Airport Association is your champion, promoting your interest, protecting your rights.
With each passing year Clover Field (SMO) becomes more and more valuable as a community asset contributing to commerce on
a daily basis and serving the community in time of disaster
Article lll PURPOSE
The Primary Purpose of the SMAA shall be to plan and conduct activities
and projects which will serve to improve directly or indirectly the Santa Monica Municipal Airport and General Aviation
SMO Detailed Information
1984 Santa Monica Airport Agreement
Section 1. Purpose.
This Agreement resolves a series of disputes involving the Santa Monica Airport (hereinafter the Airport). These disputes
have taken various forms, including extensive complex litigation. In addition to expressing the mutual consent of the parties,
including the City of Santa Monica (hereinafter the City) and the Federal Aviation Administration hereinafter (the FAA), this
agreement responds to the concerns of local and national aviation interests and residents of neighborhoods affected by noise
from the Airport.
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Favorite Links
Santa Monica Air Center (Barker Hangar)
The Santa Monica Airport
SMAA Chairman Barry Schiff
Our Friends in EVAC
Museum of Flying
Centennial of Flight California Division of Aeronautics
Air Spacers Flying Club @ SMO
FAA
California has lost more than 50 airports in the last 20 years!
Free CPR Classes
Available at SMO
Red Cross Sponsored CPR classes are conducted at SMO periodically during the year. These free classes teach
the currently accepted methods of assisting a victim of cardio pulmonary distress. These emergency life saving methods can
make the difference for victims of heart attack, shock, choking, drowning and related distress. Certification expires after
one year. Contact Santa Monica Chapter of EVAC Dr Bernie Harris.
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Santa Monica Again Proposes Ban on Larger Business Aircraft
The FAA again has objected, and NBAA has submitted a letter to the mayor and the City Council
NBAA Engages in Santa Monica's Plan to Implement Runway Safety
Area (RSA)
RSA Would Decrease Available Runway
On July 31, Kirk Shafer, FAA associate administrator for airports, advised Santa Monica city
officials that the FAA urges the city of Santa Monica to establish an engineered material arresting system (EMAS) on each
runway end, which would increase safety but also decrease the total effective runway by 145 feet. The FAA hastened to point
out that such an action would have a minimal impact on existing flight operations, but would enhance safety at the airport.
Earlier proposals by the city would, if implemented, significantly constrain business aviation flight operations.
Schafer presented the FAA's proposal on August 28 at a Santa Monica City Council meeting, where
there was a community demonstration of about 200 people, including nearly 70 who were testifying for an airport restriction
of turbine aircraft. The council rejected the FAA's proposal and recommended that other, more restrictive alternatives be
pursued. NBAA is involved in discussions with FAA about the issue, and about how a significantly reduced airport infrastructure
at Santa Monica would not be in the best interest of business aviation. Further details will be reported by NBAA as they become
available. For more information, contact NBAA at info@nbaa.org.
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