This Place is great to catch a flight :) that was the punch line. but no really. besides the long walk to the plane it beats a traditional airport bye far. no crowd, no weirdos and very intimate. we caught a helicopter ride from here to orange county just for fun.
Interesting place to visit. Use designated spot to watch the plains takeoff and land.
My favorite private airport. Awesome staff always prompt, professional and on time, and always have fresh baked cookies!
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This is a great airport, with a long runway. They have great resources for pilots and visitors. There are several restaurants on the property as well as parks a college and art festivals.
A very nice small airport with a great community, with flight schools, repair centers, a pilot shop, museum, showroom, and other local businesses. There's a nice outdoor observation deck where anyone can come and watch aircraft take off and land while listening to the tower. There are also flight clubs and the Ninety-Nines based there. Santa Monica Airport, originally Clover Field, has a lot of history, much of which can be learned by visiting.
Love this Antique Market. Nice to see all the fabulous vendors again after being close for the pandemic. Can't wait for the next one July 26th. Every 1st & 4yh Sundays
This air port is the best I have so much meomaries with my dad and I m getting my license soon
The best airport ever! I love the history of the airport which you can know more about it at the Museum Of Flying. I'm not a pilot and never had the interest until I moved here. I even had a fear of flying but meeting pilots and hearing their stories made me feel confident to fly.
Thank you Santa Monica Airport. <3
Tight security good care for coronavirus,not too rush clean airport near to beach
great airport at at great location, historic has been here forever, like having lunch here and watch plains come & in out
I am pleased that the airport is closing. I lived a few blocks away for 20 years and eventually moved away because of the noise pollution and the coating of black soot covering everything in the backyard. I knew that the airport was there when I purchased the property and I accepted the noise for years. But here's the problem that people who don't live there but like to fly in and out don't realize -- the world changed. Santa Monica is no longer a sleepy little town. The town grew and many more homes were built and the airport grew too, which is to be expected. But the volume of air traffic reached a point that it was impossible to watch tv or have a backyard party without some plane barreling overhead every few minutes. It would be reasonable to expect that the airport would grow, but it is not reasonable to accept the enormity of the change that occurred. Over the years, substantially more jets took off from the airport, especially after 9/11. It became a place for celebrities to avoid the hassles of LAX and also ignore the problems created for the neighbors. Despite the restrictions on noise, many pilots ignored them. And when the city banned a pilot for exceeding the noise level, the company would simply switch in another pilot. And when the city issued fines, many companies paid it and continued to violate the policy because the fine was a minimal cost of doing business. Planes were not allowed to take off at night, but they did anyway. So it became a classic growth problem and something had to change. For example, if a homeowner buys a home on a two-lane highway that becomes a freeway, there is a legitimate issue. Growth is expected but not to that level and it behooves the city to consider its residents first. What can the city do? In the case of Santa Monica, the city cannot relocate thousands of residents. Just because the airport existed in earlier days does not mean that it has a right to exist there forever. Just because someone has a business there does not mean that the business has a right to exist forever in that spot. Just because it's convenient for celebrities and small plane enthusiasts to use the airport does not outweigh the greater needs of thousands of residents. It's a balancing act. When an airport grows so exponentially in an area that has also grown exponentially with residents, the city must resolve the problem. And the city has more of a responsibility to residents than it does to the handful of business owners who wish to operate a business that is now located in a densely populated area. And the city also has more of a responsibility to residents than it does to nonresidents who wish to fly in and out of an airport that is now located in a densely populated area. The land belongs to the city and its residents. As a public policy issue, the airport became a liability for the city because the noise and jet fuel pollution negatively impacted the quality of life in the city. A compromise would be to create a nearby helipad for medical evacuations. Other airport needs could be fulfilled via LAX or other small and large airports around the Los Angeles area. The homes of residents cannot be moved, but the air traffic can be rerouted to other airports. It won't be as convenient, but in terms of balancing interests, the interests of the city and its residents are paramount to celebrities, a handful of business owners and recreational pilots, and the plethora of nonresidents finding it convenient to use the airport. I won't be back to this site because I don't wish to read the ad hominem attacks that my opinion will surely generate in these divisive times. My hope is that some of the people reading this post will understand how it felt to many residents. It's not that simple to just say that someone should move if they don't like it. People invest in their homes and perhaps can't afford to move. And such statements ignore the precept that a city must decide for itself what is in its best interests and that others must respect the city's right to do so.
Great airport. Lots of food options and easy to navigate around the place. Security was fast and no issues!
I work close with some city officials and the city is actually secretly getting underground funding to fight the FAA and by any means starv this airport of life. There was even a secret meeting at one of the official's house's to talk about a possible "Meigs" field repeat. Former mayor Daley was in town a couple weeks ago meeting with some of the guys from the city.....doesn't take a genius to figure out what they were talking about. Oh and if someone from the city is reading this....good luck finding out who I really am....im not stupid enough to list my real name online.
One of my favorite civilian aviation airports in the basin.
Great place to come and watch the planes take off if you can find the elevator to get up to the third floor.
I have included pictures of the elevator so you know what and where to find it
The garden at "Santa Monica Airport" is one of the most peaceful and lovely places in Santa Monica. I love passing through it every time I go to my "Manga Drawing 101" class on Saturday.
What a great airport. Fly here often and never had a bad experience!
Best airport for pilots in west LA. Don't want airplane noise? Don't live next to a bloody airport!
This wonderful local airport has been there since the 1910's. My parents bought the property just 3 blocks south of the airport in 1957.
Anyone that purchased a house in the area KNEW the airport was there.
So if you don't like it, leave!
Outstanding airport with lots of history. Easy to fly in to and an integral part of the community. Too bad the Santa Monica City Council can't wait to get their grubby hands on kickbacks from yet another condo developer. Greed rules the day as usual
Return policy is pretty good. Must have an ID if you lost the receipt.
Great airport so much History. This place should be in the USA historic ledger. This Airport is where Donald Douglas manufactured the DC3 which started Air transportation . Just Like Pullman did for Train transportation with the Pullman car...
This is a beautiful local airport steeped deep with history back through World War ll. We must keep this great little airport alive and from destruction by ignorant money grabbing politicians that want to turn it into high rise condominiums.
Hate landing here, always thought the plane would crash.
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A great neighborhood antique and vintage outdoor market on the fourth Sunday of every month. It just reopened after 4 months due to the pandemic.
If your looking for Bujinkan Martial Arts training, Miachel Glenn teaches in the park of this airport Sunday's, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7-8:30.
Bought some Amazing Art at the Santa Monica Art/Ceramic Festival. They have it there every year!
Had a terrible experience here. TSA agents were not nice at all and the lines were so long
Great restaurant, a little complicated to get in and out with all the noise abatement but worth it.
Such a wonderfully convenient airport. Shame on the City of Santa Monica for closing it.
Sad to see they will close it. Convenient location, good restaurant too.
Great airport, unfortunately they will be closing permanently in 2028 and will build a park. Well I have to say anything is better than more houses...
Went sky-diving out of here with the boys a few times. RIP Angelo :(
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