Category Archives: General

Interest Being Shown in Long-Desired Development The Santa Maria Airport Business Park, a long-sought development at the Public Airport, is up for discussion when the Board of Directors meets today at 7:00 p.m. The plan for the park, which began life decades ago as the Santa Maria Research Park, is attracting enough attention lately that …

First Responders Flex Their Disaster Plans in FAA Exercise A simulated passenger plane crashed Monday at Santa Maria Public Airport left between 40 and 50 dead or injured and emergency services personnel scrambling. The fiery crash was an exercise required every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration to test local emergency response.  It utilized …

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Armed with More Incentives, Information District Seeks Meeting with United and Other Carriers Bottom of Form 2013-09-22T01:00:00Z Santa Maria Public Airport aims for Denver flightsBrian Bullock/bbullock@santamariatimes.com Santa Maria Times Santa Maria Public Airport has long desired to be able to offer a home to an airline with passenger service to a Midwest hub. Armed with …

Military members and others returning to the Central Coast will be greeted by a patriotic presentation at the Santa Maria Public Airport.  The addition will show returning veterans that their service is appreciated, according to Bob Hatch, president/CEO of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce. Hatch is a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam …

Event Was to be Held This Weekend; Organizers Vow to Bring it Back in 2014 2013-08-24T01:00:00Z Thunder silenced at SMXNiki Cervantes/ncervantes@santamariatimes.com Santa Maria Times The skies over the Santa Maria Airport were set to play host to vintage and modern-day warbirds this weekend, part of the biggest Thunder Over the Valley air show ever.  But …

Airport Board to Discuss Participation in Program The Santa Maria Public Airport Board of Directors will consider partnering with two other airports in a program that could eventually lead to unmanned drones launching here. The board will discuss working with the Ventura County Department of Airports and Indian Wells Valley Airport District when it meets …

It’s not often an organization buys a million-dollar piece of equipment hoping it never has to use it. But that’s what the Santa Maria Public Airport did recently. The airport purchased a Stryker 3000 ARFF truck (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting) from Oshkosh Corp. earlier this year, and the shiny, new truck was finally delivered July …

The Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary club recently honored outgoing president Chris Hastert following another successful year. During his presidency, the club accomplished many community-related efforts including the review of 37 community funding requests for local nonprofit agencies. The club was able to fund 33 of those organizations with a total of $38,370, which is 99 …