The Santa Monica Airport2Park Foundation welcomes the news that the City of Santa Monica today officially opened (see here for details) a 6 acre parcel of land that was formally used as an airplane parking lot as an Interim Open Space for a wide range of unprogrammed recreational use until construction begins on the larger 12 acre

At the special City Council meeting last night, Council unanimously approved staff’s recommendation to move ahead swiftly with Option B (a centered layout) for the shortening and re-striping project to reduce the Santa Monica Airport runway from 5000′ to 3500′.  This option was the one overwhelmingly favored in public input on the matter.  In addition Council found that

The Trust for Public Land has released their long awaited report on “The Economic Benefits of the public park and recreation system in the City of Los Angeles, California” and it should come as no surprise that the economic benefits to our local economy of our parks and recreation system are worth BILLIONS of dollars

Coming on the heels of the recent historic agreement with the FAA and the announcement that the City of Santa Monica will close the Airport at the end of 2028, the new 12-Acre Airport Park Expansion moves forward with the Environmental Study. The Los Angeles architecture firm Rios Clementi Hale Studios is leading the project

Wednesday evening, Feb. 28, the City of Santa Monica’s City Council took decisive action that will allow planning to begin on a great public park to replace the Santa Monica Airport. Using the authority the City gained under the historic January agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow the closure of Santa Monica

Join us at the City of Santa Monica’s “Parks Day!” this coming Saturday, February 25, 2017, 10am – 1pm for a special celebration of the importance of our city parks with family-friendly activities, refreshments, and entertainment varying at each of the four park locations. Airport2Park.org will be there to share updates about the new 12

Join us as we attend a FREE film screening of “Love Thy Nature” Presented by Sustainable Works, Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 7:00 PM at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica An award winning film narrated by Liam Neeson, “Love Thy Nature” http://www.lovethynature.com shows how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature and takes viewers on a

On Saturday, Jan. 28, the City of Santa Monica announced an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will pave the way for the closure of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) and to repurposing the land as a great park. The agreement categorically gives the City the right to close SMO on after Dec. 31,

————– UPDATE Feb 2, 2017:  As a result of the City’s recent agreement with the FAA to close the airport by 2028 and shorten the runway immediately, JetSuite-X has cancelled all flights and is now refunding money to those who have bought tickets. ————– The Santa Monica Airport2Park Foundation, Santa Monica’s primary organization seeking the conversion of Santa Monica

The Santa Monica City Council has authorized city parks staff to allow temporary recreational public use of a six-acre portion of the 12-acre Airport Park Expansion site until the start of construction for the permanent Airport Park Expansion.  Until then, it might be interesting to look at how other airports and parks all around the