Airports
NBAA-led Group Files Motion To Halt SMO Closure
Along with five other airport stakeholders, NBAA said the FAA "disregarded" key steps in settling with the city.
The city's plans to cut the 4,973-foot runway down to 3,500 feet effectively eliminate access to the larger jets that currently fly there. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)
The city's plans to cut the 4,973-foot runway down to 3,500 feet effectively eliminate access to the larger jets that currently fly there. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)

Arguing that the FAA “disregarded well-established statutory and regulatory prerequisites to the release of an airport sponsor from federal obligations,” NBAA and five other aviation stakeholders filed a motion yesterday requesting a stay in actions to limit the utility of Santa Monica (California) Municipal Airport. The filing seeks an injunction preventing the city from further actions, including reducing the length of the runway to 3,500 feet from 4,973 feet; and a stay against the FAA from allowing the city to ultimately close the airport at the end of 2028.