Airports
NBAA, AOPA Urge FAA To Take Quick Action To Save SMO
Bolen, Baker say the FAA needs to halt the city's strangulation strategy at the airport.
The city of Santa Monica is accelerating its efforts to curtail aeronautical operations at the airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
The city of Santa Monica is accelerating its efforts to curtail aeronautical operations at the airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

NBAA and AOPA are urging the FAA to halt the “dismantling” of California's Santa Monica Airport (SMO). Both associations late last week wrote the agency, saying urgent action is necessary to prevent the city of Santa Monica from driving away the businesses on the airport as city officials there attempt to close it.


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