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# Santa Monica Airport in pics
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smo-gallery/
- Published: 2023-02-25T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T15:10:55.000Z
- Description: After a century of operation as an airport, the future of SMO is uncertain. However, the facility is still home to aviation uses for the time being and pilots regularly use the facility for a variety of purposes.
- Author: Scott Snowden
- Tags: News, SMO, Airport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:28

After a century of operation as an airport, the future of SMO is uncertain. However, the facility is still home to aviation uses for the time being and pilots regularly use the facility for a variety of purposes.

![Looking north-east along Santa Monica Airport runway with Century City in the background](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_0180_rt.webp "Santa Monica Airport")

![Gazing upwards at the Santa Monica Airport control tower ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8336_rt.webp "Santa Monica Airport control tower ")

![A windsock at Santa Monica Airport on a particularly windy February day](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8340_rt.webp "Santa Monica Airport windsock")

![Looking north-east down along the boundary line of Santa Monica Airport's primary runway](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8348_rt.webp "Santa Monica Airport's main runway")

![A row of privately-owned parked planes at Santa Monica Airport](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8349_rt.webp "Parked planes at Santa Monica Airport")

![A parking lot of privately-owned planes at Santa Monica Airport](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8355_rt.webp "Private planes at Santa Monica Airport")

![A closeup, looking north-east , of a row of parked, private planes at Santa Monica Airport](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8357_rt.webp "Private planes at Santa Monica Airport")

![Looking north-west from the main building, across the primary runway, at the control tower of Santa Monica Airport with a few parked, privately-owned planes in the foreground](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/dsc_8361_rt.webp "Main runway at Santa Monica Airport")