   santa monica airport  (santa monica municipal airport) is a general aviation airport largely in santa monica, california. the airport is about  from the pacific ocean (santa monica bay) and  north of lax. the faa's national plan of integrated airport systems for 2009â2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.national plan of integrated airport systems (npias): 2009â2013. federal aviation administration. retrieved march 30, 2010. ==history== originally clover field, after world war i aviator 2nd lieutenant greayer "grubby" clover, the airport was the home of the douglas aircraft company.parker, dana t. building victory: aircraft manufacturing in the los angeles area in world war ii, p. 15, cypress, ca, 2013. isbn 978-0-9897906- 0-4. the [[first aerial circumnavigation|fir
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