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# Letter: Keep Santa Monica Airport open for emergencies and as it has long existed
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/070707-story-20070707-7/
- Published: 2007-07-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:14:27.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

“I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP Santa Monica Airport open as long as commercial jets aren’t allowed, because the airport has been there for a long time. What if we have a national disaster or some outrageous thing? People know about the airport, so why in the heck do they buy a home there? The airport has been there longer than a lot of those homes.”

*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)