Airports
FAA: City Must Run SMO Without Unjust Discrimination
The FAA is warning the city of Santa Monica to treat pilots and tenants fairly while the airport remains open.
A recent court decision requires Santa Monica to keep its airport open until 2023, and the FAA is reminding the city that it must treat pilots and tenants fairly. Photo: Matt Thurber
A recent court decision requires Santa Monica to keep its airport open until 2023, and the FAA is reminding the city that it must treat pilots and tenants fairly. Photo: Matt Thurber

The FAA has reacted to the city of Santa Monica’s plan to close Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in 2018 and in the interim replace the airport’s two FBOs with city-run services. In a letter sent to mayor Tony Vazquez yesterday, FAA director of airport compliance and management analysis Kevin Willis reminded the mayor that under a recent Part 16 decision, which the city may appeal, “the city is required to continue to operate the airport for public use on reasonable terms and without unjust discrimination.” 


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