Airports
SMO To Close While Runway Shortening Is Completed
Once the the airport reopens on December 23, the runway will be 3,500 feet.

Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in California is closing to aircraft operations for a 10-day period this month as the airport moves into Phase 2 of a runway-shortening project. After a U.S. federal court lifted a temporary restraining order in October, the city of Santa Monica moved forward with plans to shorten SMO’s sole runway from 5,000 feet to 3,500 feet, the beginning step of a stated overarching goal to ultimately close the field altogether in 2028.


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