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# Letter: Santa Monica Airport Has Outlived Its Purpose
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/070707-story-20070707-5/
- Published: 2007-07-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:14:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

“THE AIRPORT WAS ONCE AN ASSET. It was once connected to Douglas Aircraft, which was a major employer in SM. Douglas Aircraft is long, long gone. What is left now is an airport that only serves the privileged and elite. It is simply unaccountable to the neighborhood. It’s continuation in Santa Monica is no more than a blot on Santa Monica now. It no longer serves the purpose it once did.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 7, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070707.pdf?ref=smdp.com)