Airports
Emissions Limits Are Santa Monica’s Latest Effort to Curtail SMO Flying
The city of Santa Monica, Calif., is attempting to legislate limits on emissions from aircraft engines as a way of cutting traffic at Santa Monica Airport.
Santa Monica’s city council voted to support an Airport Concept Plan that would close the    door to most aviation-related uses of the airport, starting July 1 next year. Photo: Matt Thurber
Santa Monica’s city council voted to support an Airport Concept Plan that would close the door to most aviation-related uses of the airport, starting July 1 next year. Photo: Matt Thurber

The City of Santa Monica, Calif., has embarked on a two-pronged approach to further its efforts to curtail flight operations at Santa Monica Airport (SMO). The latest effort from the city’s airport commission on April 28 addressed legal issues surrounding a proposed recommendation to limit emissions from aircraft operating at SMO. And the city has also appealed the February 13 decision by U.S. District Court judge John Walter, who struck down a lawsuit filed by the city last October claiming that Santa Monica never relinquished ownership of the airport when it leased the property to the U.S. government during World War II.

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