Santa Monica Airport noise

Updated 23 October 2026

Modeled estimates for general information only — not measurements, not a guarantee, and not for legal, medical or real-estate decisions.

Quiet LA shows Santa Monica Airport (SMO) noise as an estimate derived from the airport’s official noise contours, in the 24-hour (CNEL) view only. For a noise inquiry, the City of Santa Monica’s airport noise office is at (310) 458-8692. Quiet LA does not map helicopters or individual flights.

See Santa Monica Airport on the map

City and FAA pages were read on 21 October 2026. Phone numbers and the airport’s status can change, so confirm on the City’s page before you rely on either.

What does the map show near Santa Monica Airport?

In the 24 h view the map adds an aircraft estimate to road and train noise. For Santa Monica it starts from the City’s published contours for 2019, the 60, 65, 70 and 75 CNEL lines, which Quiet LA received on 4 June 2020. Quiet LA stretches the lines outward to 55 CNEL, using the spacing of the airport’s own lines, and interpolates between them. Nothing is added outside 55 CNEL.

Day, Evening and Night never include aircraft. The Aircraft switch also replays recorded flights of one sample day as an illustration, with no aircraft identified. The map does not show helicopters, individual overflights or how many flights there are on a given day. See helicopter noise in Los Angeles.

Where does the Santa Monica Airport contour data come from?

The City of Santa Monica publishes the airport’s statistics on its Airport Operations Statistics page: monthly noise reports, annual operations reports and annual CNEL noise contours reports from 2010 through calendar year 2025, a noise and operations dashboard, and a departures log. The contours Quiet LA draws are the 2019 ones listed on Sources & methods, so they may differ from the City’s newest report. How the estimate is made: How it’s made.

Which areas lie inside the Santa Monica Airport 65 CNEL contour?

This list uses the airport’s published 65 CNEL contour: the line in Santa Monica Airport (2019), received by Quiet LA on 4 June 2020. It is the outermost official line the map starts from. An area page is listed when more than 0.01 square kilometers of the area lie inside that line, found by laying the official contour over the area boundaries.

Cities and communities: Santa Monica.

The lists are alphabetical and in no other order. Being on one says nothing about the sound at any address in the area: the contour comes from the document named above, and Quiet LA’s aircraft estimate is derived from it, in the 24 h view only. Each area page has its own modeled figures.

How do I report Santa Monica Airport noise?

The City’s page on aircraft noise inquiries says to contact the airport noise office by online report form, by email or by phone, at (310) 458-8692. The FAA regulates aircraft noise standards and flight procedures; for a local airport it says to contact the airport first, and for general concerns it points to its ANCIR Portal. Other noise has other contacts: see who to call about noise in Los Angeles.

What is the status of Santa Monica Airport?

These are dated statements from official pages, not Quiet LA’s view. In a release dated 26 September 2025, the City of Santa Monica said the airport will be permanently closed at midnight on 31 December 2028, as required under the 2017 consent decree with the FAA, which requires the City to operate the airport through that date. The FAA’s settlement page, last updated 23 July 2024, says the City agreed to maintain continuous and stable operation of the airport until 31 December 2028, after which it has the right to close it. Check the City’s page for the current position.

More airports: aircraft and airport noise in Los Angeles County and LAX and aircraft noise. Limits: Limits.